Open AccessA CASE FOR ADJUSTING SUBJECTIVELY RATED SCORES IN THE ADVANCED PLACEMENT TESTS *
Author(s) -
Longford Nicholas T.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
ets research report series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.235
H-Index - 5
ISSN - 2330-8516
DOI - 10.1002/j.2333-8504.1994.tb01632.x
Subject(s) - statistics , reliability (semiconductor) , test (biology) , psychology , rating scale , econometrics , mathematics , paleontology , power (physics) , physics , quantum mechanics , biology
The purpose of this report is to present a case for adjusting the scores for free response items in the Advanced Placement tests. Using information about the rating process from the reliability studies, administrations of the Advanced Placement test for three subject areas are analyzed, and it is shown that the minimum squared error score adjustments proposed by Longford (1993) result in changed AP grades for an appreciable percentage of the examinees.