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Title: Implementing Assessment Engineering in the Uniform Certified.
Authors: Burke, Matthew, Devore, Richard, Stopek, Josh
Source: Journal of Applied Testing Technology. Apr2013, Vol. 14 Issue 1, p1-34. 34p.
Subject Terms: *Professional licensure examinations, *Test design, *Bloom's taxonomy, *Outcome-based education, Accounting exams
Abstract: This paper describes efforts to bring principled assessment design to a large-scale, highstakes licensure examination by employing the frameworks of Assessment Engineering (AE), the Revised Bloom's Taxonomy (RBT), and Cognitive Task Analysis (CTA). The Uniform CPA Examination is practice-oriented and focuses on the skills of accounting. In preparation for a Practice Analysis, the authors are revising skill definitions to support the development of construct maps. Construct maps are the means by which distinct levels of proficiency are represented along a continuum and linked to tasks used to provide evidence of proficiency. A modified CTA is employed to better understand the "moving parts" of existing complex performance exercises used in the examination. The RBT is used to provide a hierarchical structure to the cognitive skills underlying task performance. Construct maps provide the basis for a new type of test blueprint that incorporates psychometric concerns into the test development process. This research focuses on tackling a critical step in AE; writing skill statements to populate the construct map. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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  Data: This paper describes efforts to bring principled assessment design to a large-scale, highstakes licensure examination by employing the frameworks of Assessment Engineering (AE), the Revised Bloom's Taxonomy (RBT), and Cognitive Task Analysis (CTA). The Uniform CPA Examination is practice-oriented and focuses on the skills of accounting. In preparation for a Practice Analysis, the authors are revising skill definitions to support the development of construct maps. Construct maps are the means by which distinct levels of proficiency are represented along a continuum and linked to tasks used to provide evidence of proficiency. A modified CTA is employed to better understand the "moving parts" of existing complex performance exercises used in the examination. The RBT is used to provide a hierarchical structure to the cognitive skills underlying task performance. Construct maps provide the basis for a new type of test blueprint that incorporates psychometric concerns into the test development process. This research focuses on tackling a critical step in AE; writing skill statements to populate the construct map. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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