Of Measurement and Mistakes [microform] / W. James Popham and Others
- Bib ID:
- 5244518
- Format:
- Book and Microform
- Author:
- Popham, W. James
- Online Version:
- https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED078020
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- Description:
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- [Washington, D.C.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1973
- 6 p.
- Summary:
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Because of misconceptions regarding appropriate measurement strategies, it is necessary to draw distinctions between two major measurement methodologies, norm-referenced and criterion-referenced measurement, as they relate to determining basic academic capabilities. Norm-referenced measures are used to ascertain an individual's performance in relationship to the performance of other individuals on the same measuring device. Criterion-referenced measures are used to ascertain an individual's status with respect to some criterion, that is, an explicitly described type of learner competence. Because of the wide use of norm-referenced standardized achievement tests, many assume that they are the only instruments that should be used to find out how well a school is working or a pupil is learning. But typical standardized tests are unsuitable for these purposes because of problems with their interpretability and their psychometric properties. Criterion-referenced tests remedy some of these weaknesses because they can: (1) be more accurately interpretable; (2) detect the effects of good instruction; and (3) allow us to make more accurate diagnoses of individual learners' capabilities. If sufficient care is taken to support the development of high quality criterion-referenced measures, legislation to distribute federal funds on the basis of educational deficiencies rather than census determiners appears to be sound. (Author/KM)
- Notes:
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- ERIC Note: Testimony before the General Subcommittee on Education, Committee on Education and Labor, U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, D.C., March 29, 1973.
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