Discussion: Toward Functional Criteria for Functional-Level Testing in Title I Evaluation

• Published in: New Directions for Testing and Measurement no. 8; p. 55
• Main Author: Raffeld, Paul
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 1980
• Subjects: Compensatory Education; Elementary Secondary Education; Guessing (Tests); Out of Level Testing; Scoring; Student Motivation; Test Reliability; Test Validity; Title I Evaluation and Reporting System

Students who meet with repeated failure at the beginning of a test are likely to lose motivation to continue to interact with each item. Therefore, it seems better to recommend testing out-of-level for those students scoring at or below the chance score mean. (RL)