Integrating Timing Considerations to Improve Testing Practices (NCME APPLICATIONS OF EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT AND ASSESSMENT) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1138479764 ISBN 13: 9781138479760

Publisher: Routledge, 2020

Synopsis

Integrating Timing Considerations to Improve Testing Practices synthesizes a wealth of theory and research on time issues in assessment into actionable advice for test development, administration, and scoring. One of the major advantages of computer-based testing is the capability to passively record test-taking metadata―including how examinees use time and how time affects testing outcomes. This has opened many questions for testing administrators. Is there a trade-off between speed and accuracy in test taking? What considerations should influence equitable decisions about extended-time accommodations? How can test administrators use timing data to balance the costs and resulting validity of tests administered at commercial testing centers?

In this comprehensive volume, experts in the field discuss the impact of timing considerations, constraints, and policies on valid score interpretations; administrative accommodations, test construction, and examinees’ experiences and behaviors; and how to implement the findings into practice. These 12 chapters provide invaluable resources for testing professionals to better understand the inextricable links between effective time allocation and the purposes of high-stakes testing.

The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.

About this title

About the Author

Melissa J. Margolis is Senior Measurement Scientist at the National Board of Medical Examiners, USA.

Richard A. Feinberg is Senior Psychometrician at the National Board of Medical Examiners, USA.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1138479764
• ISBN 13: 9781138479760
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 200
• Editor: Margolis Melissa J., Feinberg Richard A.