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The National Board of Medical Examiners®: Testing and Evaluation in the United States and Internationally

Posted: | M. Paniagua, P. Katsufrakis

Investigación en Educación Médica, Vol. 8, Núm. 29, 2019

Category:Product-Oriented Research, NBME, USMLE

Impact of Both Local Item Dependencies and Cut-Point Locations on Examinee Classifications

Posted: | J. D. Rubright

Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 37: 40-45

 

This simulation study demonstrates that the strength of item dependencies and the location of an examination systems’ cut‐points both influence the accuracy (i.e., the sensitivity and specificity) of examinee classifications. Practical implications of these results are discussed in terms of false positive and false negative classifications of test takers.

Category:Assessment-Oriented Research, General Measurement, Scoring