Handbook of test development
By: edited by Steven M. Downing, Thomas M. Haladyna.
Contributors: Downing, Steven M.; Haladyna, Thomas M.
Publisher: Erlbaum; Lawrence Erlbaum
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Mahwah, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 778
Subjects: Educational tests and measurements -- Design and construction -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Psychological tests -- Design and construction -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
Genres: Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Twelve steps for effective test development / Steven M. Downing; title: The standards for educational and psychological testing: guidance in test development / Robert L. Linn; title: Contracting for testing services / E. Roger Trent and Edward Roeber; title: Evidence-centered assessment design / Robert J. Mislevy and Michelle M. Riconscente; title: Item and test development strategies to minimize test fraud / James C. Impara and David Foster; title: Preparing examinees for test taking: guidelines for test developers and test users / Linda Crocker; title: Content-related validity evidence in test development / Michael Kane; title: Identifying content for student achievement tests / Norman L. Webb; title: Determining test content of credentialing examinations / Mark Raymond and Sandra Neustel; title: Standard setting / Gregory J. Cizek; title: Computerized item banking / C. David Vale; title: Selected-response item formats in test development / Steven M. Downing; title: Item and prompt development in performance testing / Catherine Welch; title: Innovative item formats in computer-based testing: in pursuit of improved construct representation / Stephen G. Sireci and April L. Zenisky; title: Item editing and editorial review / Rebecca A. Baranowski; title: Fairness reviews in assessment / Michael Zieky; title: Language issues in item development / Jamal Abedi; title: Anchor-based methods for judgmentally estimating item statistics / Ronald K. Hambleton and Stephen Jirka; title: Item analysis / Samuel A. Livingston; title: Practical issues in designing and maintaining multiple test forms for large-scale programs / Cathy L. W. Wendler and Michael E. Walker; title: Vertical scales / Michael J. Young; title: Developing test forms for small-scale achievement testing systems / Paul Jones, Russell W. Smith, and Diane Talley; title: Designing ability tests / Gale H. Roid; title: Designing computerized adaptive tests / Tim Davey and Mary J. Pitoniak; title: Designing tests for pass-fail decisions using item response theory / Richard M. Luecht; title: Test production effects on validity / Dan Campion and Sherri Miller; title: Test administration / Rose C. McCallin; title: Considerations for the administration of tests to special needs students: accommodations, modifications, and more / Martha L. Thurlow, Sandra J. Thompson, and Sheryl S. Lazarus; title: Practices, issues, and trends in student test score reporting / Joseph M. Ryan; title: Technical reporting and documentation / Douglas F. Becker and Mark R. Pomplun; title: Evaluating tests / Chad W. Buckendahl and Barbara S. Plake; title: Roles and importance of validity studies in test development / Thomas M. Haladyna; title: Epilogue / Cynthia Board Schmeiser.