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[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] Re: naep vs state scores
I think the reasonable answer here is that it is neither.? The setting of standards is essentially a process of judgment and while we have some ideas about how to set standards systematically we really don't have very good ideas of how to check on their reasonableness or adjust standards once we have set them. Art -----Original Message----- From: Sherman Dorn <sdorn@tempest.coedu.usf.edu> To: arn-l@interversity.org Sent: Fri, 8 Jun 2007 4:39 am Subject: [arn-l] naep vs state scores I think a reasonable question here is whether the comparison of cut-scores and % proficient is a matter of rigor or machismo. Sherman Dorn University of South Florida http://www.coedu.usf.edu/~dorn/ http://www.shermandorn.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2007 17:33:05 -0400 From: "Monty Neill" <monty@fairtest.org> To: "ARN-L" <arn-l@interversity.org>, "arn2-strategy" <arn2-strategy@yahoogroups.com> Subject: naep vs state scores Message-ID: <0ea301c7a94b$6f646400$280a010a@Monty> ... Never mind that independent researchers such as NAS and NAE have found the levels setting to be profoundly flawed and set too high. ------------------------------------------------ Direct list questions to listmom@interversity.net ________________________________________________________________________ AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com.
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