Designation:E2849−13AnAmericanNationalStandardStandardPracticeforProfessionalCertificationPerformanceTesting1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationE2849;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope1.1Thispracticecoversboththeprofessionalcertificationperformancetestitselfandspecificaspectsoftheprocessthatproducedit.1.2Thispracticedoesnotincludemanagementsystems.Inthispractice,thetestitselfanditsadministration,psychometricproperties,andscoringareaddressed.1.3Thispracticeprimarilyaddressesindividualprofes-sionalperformancecertificationexaminations,althoughitmaybeusedtoevaluateexamsusedintraining,educational,andaptitudecontexts.Thispracticeisnotintendedtoaddresson-siteevaluationofworkersbysupervisorsforcompetencetoperformtasks.1.4Thisstandarddoesnotpurporttoaddressallofthesafetyconcerns,ifany,associatedwithitsuse.Itistheresponsibilityoftheuserofthisstandardtoestablishappro-priatesafetyandhealthpracticesanddeterminetheapplica-bilityofregulatorylimitationspriortouse.2.Terminology2.1Definitions—Someofthetermsdefinedinthissectionareuniquetotheperformancetestingcontext.Consequently,termsdefinedinotherstandardsmayvaryslightlyfromthosedefinedinthefollowing.2.1.1candidate,n—someonewhoiseligibletobeevaluatedthroughtheuseoftheperformancetest;apersonwhoisorwillbetakingthetest.2.1.2constructvalidity,n—degreetowhichthetestevalu-atesanunderlyingtheoreticalidearesultingfromtheorderlyarrangementoffacts.2.1.3differentialsystemresponsiveness,n—measurabledif-ferenceinresponselatencybetweentwosystems.2.1.4examinee,n—candidateintheprocessoftakingatest.2.1.5gatingitem,n—unitofevaluationthatshallbepassedtopassatest.2.1.6inter-raterreliability,n—measurementofraterconsis-tencywithotherraters.2.1.6.1Discussion—Seeraterreliability.2.1.7item,n—scoredresponseunit....
