Low Inter-Rater Reliability of a High Stakes Performance Assessment of Teacher Candidates

The Performance Assessment for California Teachers (PACT) is a high stakes summative assessment that was designed to measure pre-service teacher readiness. We examined the inter-rater reliability (IRR) of trained PACT evaluators who rated 19 candidates. As measured by Cohen’s weighted kappa, the ove...

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Main Authors: Scott A. Lyness, Kent Peterson, Kenneth Yates
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-10-01
Series:Education Sciences
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7102/11/10/648