Personalizing Assessment: Dream or Nightmare?

• Published in: Educational measurement, issues and practice Vol. 43; no. 4; pp. 119 - 125
• Main Author: Bennett, Randy E.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Washington Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.12.2024
• Subjects: Educational evaluation; Educational tests & measurements; Test Theory

Over our field's 100‐year‐plus history, standardization has been a central assumption in test theory and practice. The concept's justification turns on leveling the playing field by presenting all examinees with putatively equivalent experiences. Until relatively recently, our field has ac...