Setting Standards on the Core and Advanced iSkills Assessments ICT
- Author(s):
- Tannenbaum, Richard J.; Katz, Irvin R.
- Publication Year:
- 2008
- Report Number:
- RM-08-04
- Source:
- ETS Research Memorandum
- Document Type:
- Report
- Page Count:
- 37
- Subject/Key Words:
- Cut Scores, Standard Setting, Angoff Method, Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Literacy, iSkills Assessment
Abstract
This report documents a standard-setting study to determine recommended minimum scores (cut scores) needed on the Core and Advanced iSkills™ assessments for examinees to be considered at a foundational level of ICT literacy skill. Two foundational levels—one for each iSkills assessment—had been specified previously by the National ICT Literacy Policy Council, a group that was formed by the National Forum on Information Literacy (http://www.infolit.org) and that serves as the certification board for ICT literacy standards. Following a modified, extended Angoff method and a counterbalanced design, two independent panels converged on recommended scores corresponding to the foundational levels: 165 (on a scale of 0–300) for the Core iSkills assessment and 575 (on a scale of 400–700) for the Advanced iSkills assessment.
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