Educational measurement
By: sponsored jointly by National Council on Measurement in Education and American Council on Education ; edited by Robert L. Brennan
Contributors: Brennan, Robert L; National Council on Measurement in Education; American Council on Education
Edition: 4th ed
Series: ACE/Praeger series on higher education; American Council on Education/Praeger series on higher education
Publisher: Praeger Publishers
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Westport, CT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 779
Subjects: Educational tests and measurements
Description: Topics in this book are divided into three subject areas: theory and general principles; construction, administration, and scoring; and applications. The first part of the book covers the topics of validation, reliability, item response theory, scaling and norming, linking and equating, test fairness, and cognitive psychology. Part two includes chapters on test development, test administration, performance assessment, setting performance standards, and technology in testing. The final section includes chapters on second language testing, testing for accountability in K-12, standardized assessment of individual achievement in K-12, higher education admissions testing, monitoring educational progress, licensure and certification testing, and legal and ethical issues.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents: title: Perspectives on the evolution and future of educational measurement; title: Robert L. Brennan; title: Validation / Michael T. Kane; title: Reliability / Edward H. Haertel; title: Item response theory / Wendy M. Yen and Anne R. Fitzpatrick; title: Scaling and norming / Michael J. Kolen; title: Linking and equating / Paul W. Holland and Neil J. Dorans; title: Test fairness / Gregory Camilli; title: Cognitive psychology and educational assessment / Robert J. Mislevy; title: Test development / Cynthia B. Schmeiser and Catherine J. Welch; title: Test administration, security, scoring, and reporting / Allan S. Cohen and James A. Wollack; title: Performance assessment / Suzanne Lane and Clement A. Stone; title: Setting performance standards / Ronald K. Hambleton and Mary J. Pitoniak; title: Technology and testing / Fritz Drasgow, Richard M. Luecht, and Randy E. Bennett; title: Old, borrowed and new thoughts in second language testing / Micheline Chalhoub-Deville and Craig Deville; title: Testing for accountability in K-12 / Daniel M. Koretz and Laura S. Hamilton; title: Standardized assessment of individual achievement in K-12 / Steve Ferrara and Gerald E. DeMauro; title: Classroom assessment / Lorrie A. Shepard; title: Higher education admissions testing / Rebecca Zwick; title: Monitoring educational progress with group-score assessments / John Mazzeo, Stephen Lazer, and Michael J. Zieky; title: Testing for licensure and certification in the professions / Brian E. Clauser, Melissa J. Margolis, and Susan M. Case; title: Legal and ethical issues / S.E. Phillips and Wayne J. Camara