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Effects Of Item-Level Feedback On The Ratings Provided By Judges In A Modified-Angoff Standard Setting Study, Michael R. Peabody
Effects Of Item-Level Feedback On The Ratings Provided By Judges In A Modified-Angoff Standard Setting Study, Michael R. Peabody
Theses and Dissertations--Education Sciences
Setting performance standards is a judgmental process involving human opinions and values as well as technical and empirical considerations and although all cut score decisions are by nature arbitrary, they should not be capricious. Establishing a minimum passing standard is the technical expression of a policy decision and the information gained through standard setting studies inform these policy decisions. To this end, it is necessary to conduct robust examinations of methods and techniques commonly applied to standard setting studies in order to better understand issues that may influence policy decisions.
The modified-Angoff method remains one of the most popular methods …