Setting, Evaluating, and Maintaining Certification Standards with the Rasch Model
- 1 September 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Evaluation & the Health Professions
- Vol. 9 (3) , 267-285
- https://doi.org/10.1177/016327878600900301
Abstract
Expert judgments about the ability of candidates were combined with expert judgments about the content of test items to arrive at a passing standardfor a test. This article describes how Rasch measurement can facilitate the use of the test content judgments in setting a standard. It also describes how Rasch measurement can then be used to evaluate and improve the precision of the standard and to hold it constant across time.Keywords
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