Michael B. Bunch | Akateeminen Kirjakauppa

Standard Setting: A Guide to Establishing and Evaluating Performance Standards on Tests provides the only "go-to" reference on how to set standards on tests in education, licensure, and certification. It is comprehensive in scope, practical in nature, and definitive in terms of cataloguing the essential conceptual and procedural fundamentals of setting performance standards.

Key Features:

" Offers an overview of the importance of standard setting, current demands, legislation, formats, and licensure and certification contents

" Provides a detailed look at the distinctions between oft-confused concepts such as "content standards" and "performance standards"

" Gives a straightforward review of the common elements in setting performance standards

" Provides detailed inclusion of the various methods (Angoff, Item Mapping, Analystic Judgment, etc.)for setting performance standards

" Includes a full chapter devoted to the future issues and research in standard setting as well as a glossary of key terms and a full set of references to aid the reader's literature review