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You think testing companies keep all the psychometricians/text book writers on payroll ? Many of the big tests are developed within an academic setting with un
by manquer 6y ago
You think testing companies keep all the psychometricians/text book writers on payroll ?
Many of the big tests are developed within an academic setting with university/public funding then licensed out. Almost every book is written by university professor then published by pearson or others.
State government does not outsource writing the tax code or the other regulations to companies why is tests any different ?
- temp8964 6y agoYou can't tell the difference between a prototype and product. OK. Lets go to the basics. Do you at least understand the state standardized tests are commonly given to grade 3 to grade 10 students on three subjects (English, Math, Science)? That's 24 tests (a few grades could share the same test, but that's complicate). Most state universities don't even have 12 psychometricians. Lol. Of course the reality is much more complicated than 24. You are just imagining things with no understanding of the scale of the complexity of the reality.
- temp8964 6y agoAnother aspect you fail to understand is that because the accountability / rating / funding of local education agencies is involved, the state government and the state university do NOT want to and can NOT get involved in producing the test. It must be produced by an outsider.