Topic
Certification bodies
Articles in Assessments & Testing written specifically for certification bodies.
Cut Scores Are a Policy Decision Dressed Up as a Statistical One
A cut score is often presented with the precision of a measurement — but standard-setting methods like the Angoff method are built on structured expert judgment, not a statistically derived threshold.
Guessing Correction: Why Penalizing Wrong Answers on a Multiple-Choice Test Is More Complicated Than It Sounds
A guessing-correction formula treats every unanswered or wrong response the same way, when test-takers actually arrive at those outcomes through very different mixes of knowledge and risk tolerance.
Speededness: When a Timed Test Measures Working Speed Instead of the Skill It Claims to Assess
A test can have excellent, well-validated items and still produce distorted results if a meaningful share of candidates never actually reach a substantial portion of them due to time constraints.