A primer on standardized testing: History, measurement, classical test theory, item response theory, and equating.

CONCLUSION: This study provides health science educators and education researchers with an introduction to educational measurement. The history of standardized testing, the frameworks of classical test theory and IRT, and the logic of scaling and equating are presented. This introductory article will aid readers in understanding these concepts. PMID: 31169998 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: The Journal of Chiropractic Education - Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Tags: J Chiropr Educ Source Type: research