ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on two primary questions: is it fair to compare scores that have been linked across different modes of administration? And is it fair to compare scores that have been linked across different tests? The term score equivalence has been used to signify different things in the mode effects literature. The American psychological association stated that scores across modes of administration may be considered equivalent when score distributions are approximately the same across modes and individuals are rank ordered in approximately the same way. In particular, differential access to computers is a notable fairness concern associated with mode of administration, related to socioeconomic status. A relatively new approach to test administration that has been broached primarily for use in employment testing is unproctored Internet administration. Consistency rates provide evidence of the degree of misclassification that might be expected by using concordant scores in place of actual scores and serve as a means of approximating the departure from equity.
