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The aim of this paper is to reflect around what would be needed in order to replace sum scoring, including technical advances, communication with both test constructors and examinees, and organizational strategy. Sum scoring are proposed to be replaced by smart scoring and a brief description, and some theoretical support for smart scoring and methods for achieving it are given together with an example from a large-scale assessment test.
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Research in this paper by J.O. Ramsay was funded by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Discovery Grant 320-2012-RGPIN, and that by M. Wiberg was funded by the Swedish Research Council Grant 2014-578.
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Ramsay, J.O., Wiberg, M. (2017). Breaking Through the Sum Scoring Barrier. In: van der Ark, L.A., Wiberg, M., Culpepper, S.A., Douglas, J.A., Wang, WC. (eds) Quantitative Psychology. IMPS 2016. Springer Proceedings in Mathematics & Statistics, vol 196. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56294-0_14
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