
RESEARCH LIBRARY
RESEARCH LIBRARY
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Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives, 16:1, 59-70
This article critically reviews how diagnostic models have been conceptualized and how they compare to other approaches used in educational measurement. In particular, certain assumptions that have been taken for granted and used as defining characteristics of diagnostic models are reviewed and it is questioned whether these assumptions are the reason why these models have not had the success in operational analyses and large-scale applications, contrary to what many have hoped.
CLEAR Exam Review 2018 27(2): 21-27
The purpose of this paper is to suggest an approach to job analysis that addresses broad competencies while maintaining the rigor of traditional job analysis and the specificity of good test blueprints.