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Title: How Valid Are Open University Exam Passing Standards? Consistency of Classification by Cut-Off Points
Language: English
Authors: Hakan Baran (ORCID 0000-0002-1495-8477), Murat Akyildiz (ORCID 0000-0001-5069-0132)
Source: Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education. 2025 26(2):120-132.
Availability: Anadolu University. Office of the Rector, Eskisehir, 26470, Turkey. Tel: +90-222-335-34-53; Fax: +90-222-335-34-86; e-mail: rektor@anadolu.edu.tr; e-mail: TOJDE@anadolu.edu.tr; Web site: http://tojde.anadolu.edu.tr/
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 13
Publication Date: 2025
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
Postsecondary Education
Two Year Colleges
Descriptors: Open Universities, Academic Standards, Cutting Scores, Evaluation Methods, Decision Making, Bachelors Degrees, Associate Degrees, Educational Attainment, Grades (Scholastic), Standard Setting, Specialists, College Faculty, Textbooks, Authors, Tests, Emergency Programs, Management Development
ISSN: 1302-6488
Abstract: Evaluation decisions regarding students' success in Open Education faculties such as pass/fail based on cut-off scores affect the quality of these systems. The qualification of Open Education students to obtain a bachelor's or associate's degree is determined by their passing grade. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether the minimum passing scores used in Open Education examinations differ from the currently used minimum passing scores according to different standard-setting methods and the classification consistency of the cut-off scores obtained by these methods with the currently used cut-off scores and with each other. The participants consisted of 15 experts, consisting of textbook authors and lecturers of the Basic Disaster Knowledge Course this course. The results showed that in the final and midterm examinations, the percentage of successful students according to the cutoff points identified using the Angoff and Nedelsky methods was significantly lower than the percentage of successful students according to the current cut-off scores of the Open Education Examinations. The standards to be determined based on academic principles were different from the ones identified by administrative decisions. Further, the pass/fail decisions based on academic principles differed from those based on administrative decisions.
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Entry Date: 2025
Accession Number: EJ1466265
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