Self-Correction of Wrong Answers as an Alternative to the Arbitrary Setting of Observed-Score Standards in Competency Testing.

Cahan, Sorel; Cohen, Nora

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Publication Date: 1990

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Self-Correction of Wrong Answers as an Alternative to the Arbitrary Setting of Observed-Score Standards in Competency Testing.

Cahan, Sorel; Cohen, Nora

Educational and Psychological Measurement, v50 n1 p7-13 Spr 1990

A solution is offered to problems associated with the inequality in the manipulability of probabilities of classification errors of masters versus nonmasters, based on competency test results. Eschewing the typical arbitrary establishment of observed-score standards below 100 percent, the solution incorporates a self-correction of wrong answers. (TJH)

Descriptors: Classification, Error of Measurement, Mastery Tests, Minimum Competency Testing, Scores, Standard Setting (Scoring), Testing Problems

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Language: English

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