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| Skaggs, Gary | 1 |
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Peer reviewedBourque, Mary Lyn; Hambleton, Ronald K. – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 1993
Notes that the methods used to set standards for National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP) tests suggest recommendations for state-level policymakers. Explains the national assessment, basic assumptions in setting performance standards on NAEP, selection of judges, standard-setting methodology for NAEP, and measurement issues in setting…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, National Norms, Standard Setting (Scoring), Standards
Skaggs, Gary; Bourque, Mary Lyn – 1998
Political and legislative pressures have posed a number of measurement issues and challenges to the development of sound, valid voluntary national tests (VNTs). This paper focuses on what appear to be the most difficult technical issues related to the VNT proposed by President Clinton in 1997. Technical issues refer to psychometric issues, as…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Classification, Difficulty Level


