Implementing Assessment Engineering in the Uniform Certified Public Accountant (CPA) Examination
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| Title: | Implementing Assessment Engineering in the Uniform Certified Public Accountant (CPA) Examination |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Burke, Matthew, Devore, Richard, Stopek, Josh |
| Source: | Journal of Applied Testing Technology. Apr 2013 14. |
| Availability: | Association of Test Publishers. 601 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, South Building Suite 900, Washington DC 20004. Tel: 866-240-7909; Fax: 717-755-8962; e-mail: wgh.atp@att.net; Web site: http://www.testpublishers.org |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 34 |
| Publication Date: | 2013 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Descriptors: | Licensing Examinations (Professions), Accounting, Engineering, Test Construction, Task Analysis, Thinking Skills, Taxonomy, Test Items, Test Validity, Content Validity, Evidence, Cognitive Processes |
| Abstract: | This paper describes efforts to bring principled assessment design to a large-scale, high-stakes 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. (Contains 2 tables and 2 figures.) |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Number of References: | 14 |
| Entry Date: | 2014 |
| Access URL: | https://www.testpublishers.org/journal-of-applied-testing-technology |
| Accession Number: | EJ1013199 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | This paper describes efforts to bring principled assessment design to a large-scale, high-stakes 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. (Contains 2 tables and 2 figures.) |
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