Evidence-centered design

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Evidence Centered Design is a meta-framework for the design of assessments,{{Cite report | title = A brief introduction to evidence-centered design | last1 = Mislevy | first1 = Robert J. | last2 = Almond | first2 = Russell G. | last3 = Lukas | first3 = Janice F. | date = July 2003 | series = ETS Research Report Series | publisher = Educational Testing Service | doi = 10.1002/j.2333-8504.2003.tb01908.x | url = https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/j.2333-8504.2003.tb01908.x | access-date = October 14, 2024| url-access = subscription }} and much of the development and administration of them, as well.{{Cite book | last1 = Riconscente | first1 = Michelle | last2 = Mislevy | first2 = Robert | last3 = Corrigan | first3 = Seth | chapter = Evidence Centered Design | title = Handbook of test development | editor-last1 = Lane | editor-first1 = Suzanne | editor-last2 = Raymond | editor-first2 = Mark | editor-last3 = Haladyna | editor-first3 = Thomas | publisher = Routledge | year = 2016 }} The development and popularization of Evidence Centered Design within the larger field of assessment has been led by Robert J. Mislevy and his major co-authors.

Evidence Centered Design is the most prominent of the prominent Principled Assessment Design approach and is the model upon which many others have been built,{{Cite book | last1 = Ferrara | first1 = Steve | last2 = Lai | first2 = Emily | last3 = Reilly | first3 = Amy | last4 = Nichols | first4 = Paul | title = The Wiley handbook of cognition and assessment: Frameworks, methodologies, and applications | chapter = Principled approaches to assessment design, development, and implementation | editor-last1 = Rupp | editor-first1 = Andre | editor-last2 = Leighton | editor-first2 = Jacqueline | publisher = Wiley-Blackwell | year = 2016 | pages = 41–74 | isbn = 978-1-118-95657-1 }} including Huff, Nichols & Schneider particular version of Principled Assessment Design{{Cite book | last1 = Huff | first1 = Kristen | last2 = Nichols | first2 = Paul | last3 = Schneider | first3 = Christina | title = Designing and developing educational assessments | editor-last1 = Cook | editor-first1 = Linda | editor-last2 = Pitoniak | editor-first2 = Mary | publisher = American Council on Education | year = 2024 }} and Rigorous Test Development.{{Cite conference | last1 = Wine | first1 = Marjorie| last2 = Hoffman | first2 = Alexander | title = Rigorous Test Development: The New Core Principles and the Pillar Practices. | conference = Annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association | location = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | date = 2024 | url = https://www.researchgate.net/publication/374417199 | access-date = October 14, 2024 }}