title: Converging on the tipping point:  a diagnostic methodology for standard setting.
abstract: This article discusses the strengths and weakness of the Angoff and Bookmark standard setting procedures. An alternative approach that focuses on the strengths of these procedures and adds three diagnostic indices is presented. This alternative approach is applied to three standard setting data sets and the results are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Pearson Vue, 1 N. Dearborn St., Suite 1000, Chicago, IL 60602, USA. John.Stahl@pearson.com
authors.forename: John A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Stahl
authors.forename: Kirk A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Becker
mesh_terms: D001077:Aptitude Tests / Q000592:standards*; D003196:Computer Graphics; D032921:Consensus; D004521:Educational Measurement / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D008004:Licensure / Q000592:standards*; D008432:Mathematical Computing; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012015:Reference Standards; D015203:Reproducibility of Results