Evaluating Criterion-referenced Tests / Ronald K. Hambleton.

Criterion-referenced tests (CRTs) are constructed to permit the interpretation of examinee tests performance in relation to a set of well-defined competencies. CRTs are currently used extensively in schools, industry, and the armed services because they provide valuable and different information fro...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:ERIC digest.
Main Author: Hambleton, Ronald K.
Corporate Author: ERIC Clearinghouse on Assessment and Evaluation
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC : ERIC Clearinghouse on Assessment and Evaluation, 1986.
Series:ERIC digest.
Subjects:
Behavioral Objectives.
Criterion Referenced Tests.
Decision Making.
Evaluation Criteria.
Specifications.
Test Construction.
Test Interpretation.
ERIC Digests
Standards for Educational and Psychological Tests > Test Specifications
ERIC Publications.
Reports, Evaluative.
Genre:
ERIC Publications.
Reports, Evaluative.
Physical Description:4 pages.
Format: Microfilm Book
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Summary:
Criterion-referenced tests (CRTs) are constructed to permit the interpretation of examinee tests performance in relation to a set of well-defined competencies. CRTs are currently used extensively in schools, industry, and the armed services because they provide valuable and different information from norm-referenced tests. Test publishers, school districts, and state departments of education produce CRTs; however, many of the available tests fall far short of the technical quality necessary for them to accomplish their intended purposes. This digest provides practitioners and test developers with guidelines for evaluating CRTs. Drawn from the Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing, 25 content and technical questions are presented that must be answered when evaluating criterion-referenced tests. The technology for preparing CRTs is now well developed, and practitioners can avoid improperly prepared tests by addressing these questions. (BS)
Note:Availability: ERIC Clearinghouse on Tests, Measurement, and Evaluation, Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ 08541-0001 (single copy free).
Sponsoring Agency: Office of Educational Research and Improvement (edition), Washington, DC.
Contract Number: 400-86-0018.
Microform.
Call Number:ED284911 Microfiche
Audience:
Practitioners. ericd
Reproduction Note:
Microfiche. [Washington D.C.]: ERIC Clearinghouse microfiches : positive.