APPLYING THE STANDARD ERROR OF MEASUREMENT CONCEPT

APPLYING THE STANDARD ERROR OF MEASUREMENT CONCEPT TO A SPECIAL SCHOLARSHIP SELECTION PROCESS

The problem involved in this situation is one in which an applicant for a special scholarship program received a lower score on an entry-assessment test than the minimum score required for admission to the special scholarship program. The assessment test score for the applicant was 65, while the minimum required score is 70.

The question at this point in the process is the extent to which the single assessment test score can be considered to be within a score-band that includes the minimum required score for admission at a confidence level that would justify a degrading of the established standards for admission to the special scholarship program. The approach to making such a determination is to apply the standard error of measurement concept to the availabl

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