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SUMMARY:Psychometric Principles 3: Why is it important to standardise test
 s? - Professor John Rust\, Director\, The Psychometrics Centre\, Universit
 y of Cambridge
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CONTACT:Professor John Rust
DESCRIPTION:Both norm referencing and criterion referencing are essential 
 to any assessment. There is no point in knowing how well a person performs
  in an examination in comparison to others\, if we have no idea about the 
 standard of achievement of these others. If we find that every single cand
 idate is successful in achieving a particular minimum mark we are more lik
 ely to question the adequacy of the examination than to celebrate universa
 l success\, and quite rightly so. Given this\, why is the question of stan
 dards so controversial\, both inside and outside the profession? This semi
 nar exposes the misunderstandings that arise in this field.
LOCATION:Seminar Room\, Social and Political Sciences\, Free School Lane
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