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Vertically Moderated Standard Setting
A Special Issue of applied Measurement in Education
Volume 18, Issue 1 2005
a Special Issue of Applied Measurement in Education looking at the area of Vertically Moderated Standard Setting.
As well as the editor's introduction this collection includes six articles which cover:
- background on the need for YMSS, and presents a strong argument for aligning policy aims and psychometric methods to achieve coherent systems of educational assessments in general, and corresponding performance standards;
- background on YMSS and discusses possible alternatives;
- the third article, examines YMSS from the perspective of the sponsoring agency or authority responsible for conducting and applying standard-setting procedures;
- in kindergarten through 12th-grade applications;
- a recounting of the road to a system of vertically moderated standards across Grades 3 through 8 for a state-level science assessment program in South Carolina;
- describing the situations for which YMSS is a viable alternative to vertical scaling or equating and finally, an example of YMSS applied to the South Carolina student assessments in English language arts and mathematics across Grades 3 through 7.
