This book is designed as a general text on the theoretical underpinnings of standard setting in the context of educational testing. Because it includes practical examples, it is a resource for professionals in educational testing or policy, or as a textbook for graduate and undergraduate courses.
Mark D. Reckase has decades of experience developing and reviewing standard setting processes as well as doing advanced work in psychometric theory. He is currently a University Distinguished Professor Emeritus at Michigan State University. He has been the editor of Applied Psychological Measurement and the Journal of Educational Measurement. He has also served as the president of the National Council on Measurement in Education and the International Association for Computerized Adaptive Testing, and as the vice president of Division D of the American Educational Research Association.