Standard-Setting Study¶
Standard-setting study is an official research study conducted by an organization that sponsors tests to determine a cutscore for the test.
Core Idea¶
Standard-Setting Study is treated here as the recurring social sciences, humanities, and arts identity summarized by this source-grounded definition: Standard-setting study is an official research study conducted by an organization that sponsors tests to determine a cutscore for the test. Standard-setting study is an official research study conducted by an organization that sponsors tests to determine a cutscore for the test. To be legally defensible in the US, in particular for high-stakes assessments, and meet the Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing, a cutscore cannot be arbitrarily determined; it must be empirically justified.
Scope of Application¶
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Person-centered studies. This method can be used with virtually any question type (e.g., multiple-choice, multiple response, essay, etc.).
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Item-centered studies. This method is generally used with multiple-choice questions.
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Item-centered studies. This method is generally used with multiple-choice questions only.
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Item-centered studies. For example, for a response probability of .67 (RP67) SMEs would place a bookmark such that an examinee at the threshold of the performance level would have at least a.
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Types of standard-setting studies. Examples of item-centered methods include the Angoff, Ebel, Nedelsky, Bookmark, and ID Matching methods, while examples of person-centered methods include the Borderline Survey and Contrasting Groups approaches.
Clarity¶
A clear use of Standard-Setting Study names the carrier, the operative relation, and the conditions under which the source treats the identity as present. The minimal definition is Standard-setting study is an official research study conducted by an organization that sponsors tests to determine a cutscore for the test.
Manages Complexity¶
Standard-Setting Study compresses multiple social sciences, humanities, and arts details into a stable diagnostic relation. The source shows both the central mechanism—angoff Method (item-centered): This method requires the assembly of a group of subject matter experts (SMEs), who are asked to evaluate each item and estimate the proportion of minimally competent examinees that would correctly answer the item.—and the practical consequence—standard-setting studies are for that reason impractical.
Abstract Reasoning¶
- Type the carrier. Identify the social sciences, humanities, and arts entities to which the claim applies.
- State the relation. Use the source-grounded identity: Standard-setting study is an official research study conducted by an organization that sponsors tests to determine a cutscore for the test.
- Check operation and conditions. The final determination of the cut score is then made (e.g., by averaging estimates or taking the median), which is often documented in a report along with secondary results such as the inter-rater reliability or the.
Knowledge Transfer¶
Within the home domain. Knowledge about Standard-Setting Study transfers literally when a new case preserves the same carrier type, relation, and recognition test. This method can be used with virtually any question type (e.g., multiple-choice, multiple response, essay, etc.). This method is generally used with multiple-choice questions. Beyond the home domain. Transfer the broader Evaluation relation when the social sciences, humanities, and arts-specific differentia cannot be filled. Retain the name Standard-Setting Study only when the same carrier, operation, and rejection conditions are present literally rather than metaphorically.
Relationships to Other Abstractions¶
Current abstraction Standard-Setting Study Domain-specific
Parents (1) — more general patterns this builds on
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Standard-Setting Study is a kind of Evaluation Prime
Standard-Setting Study is a strict kind of Evaluation: Standard-setting study is an official research study conducted by an organization that sponsors tests to determine a cutscore for the test.
Hierarchy path (1) — routes to 1 parentless root
- Standard-Setting Study → Evaluation → Comparison → Self Checking
Neighborhood in Abstraction Space¶
Standard-Setting Study sits in a sparse region of the domain-specific corpus (82nd percentile for distinctiveness): few abstractions share its structure, so a faithful description tends to retrieve it precisely.
Family — Pedagogy, Testing & Learning Methods (18 abstractions)
Nearest neighbors
- Holistic grading — 0.83
- Youden's J Statistic — 0.83
- Automatic item generation — 0.82
- Test (assessment) — 0.82
- Clinical Trial — 0.82
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