Look Back in Angoff: A Cautionary Tale.

Sizmur, Steve

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ERIC Number: EJ571088

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1997

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ISSN: ISSN-0141-1926

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Look Back in Angoff: A Cautionary Tale.

Sizmur, Steve

British Educational Research Journal, v23 n1 p3-13 Feb 1997

Examines the appropriateness of a cut-off score derived from the Angoff procedure for a reading test in the United Kingdom. Shows that the recommended cut-off score is too low. Suggests ways that standard setting might draw on a range of information to produce appropriate and rationally defensible cut-off scores. (DSK)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, British National Curriculum, Educational Testing, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Problems, Foreign Countries, Scores, Standard Setting (Scoring), Standards, Test Interpretation, Testing Problems

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom

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