Educational Testing and Measurement
Classroom Application and Practice
7th Edition
Published on 12. November 2002
Book
Hardback
528 pages
978-0-471-14977-4 (ISBN)
Description
The Seventh Edition of Educational Testing and Measurement retains the jargon-free, reader-friendly, conversational found in earlier editions, and includes: * Updated information on the rapidly changing, and increasingly important field of educational testing. * Key measurement information about the construction of teacher-made tests and other classroom measurement procedures. * Guidelines for the administration and interpretation of standardized tests. * Provides descriptive statistics and basic psychometric theory. * Recent developments in the personal computer arena that affect classroom measurement. * Provides a math skills review designed to help teachers brush up on the math necessary to interpret test results. * Offers real life scenarios and dialogues of teachers dealing with parents, other teachers, administrators, counselors, and students.
More details
Edition
7th Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 192 mm
Weight
992 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-471-14977-4 (9780471149774)
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Previous edition
Thomas Kubiszyn | Gary D. Borich
Educational Testing and Measurement
Classroom Application and Practice
Book
08/1999
6th Edition
Wiley
€72.43
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Content
Preface. An Introduction to Contemporary Educational Testing and Measurement. "High--Stakes" Testing. The Purpose of Testing. Norm-- and Criterion--Referenced Tests and Content Validity Evidence. Measuring Learning Outcomes. Writing Objective Test Items. Writing Essay Test Items. Performance--Based Assessment. Portfolio Assessment. Administering, Analyzing, and Improving the Test. Marks and Marking Systems. Summarizing Data and Measures of Central Tendency. Variability, the Normal Distribution, and Converted Scores. Correlation. Validity. Reliability. Accuracy and Error. Standardized Tests. Types of Standardized Tests. Testing and Assessing Children with Disabilities in the Regular Classroom. Assessing Special Learners in Regular Education Classrooms. In the Classroom: A Summary Dialogue. Appendix A: Math Skills Review. Appendix B: Pearson Product--Moment Correlation. Appendix C: Statistics and Measurement Texts. Appendix D: Answers for Practice Questions. Suggested Readings. References. Credits. Index.