Educational measurement / sponsored jointly by National Council on Measurement in Education and American Council on Education ; edited by Robert L. Brennan.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Brennan, Robert L.

National Council on Measurement in Education.

American Council on Education

Albert E. Visk, W'28, Memorial Book Fund.

Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

Series:

American Council on Education/Praeger series on higher education

ACE/Praeger series on higher education

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Educational tests and measurements.

Physical Description:

xvii, 779 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm.

Edition:

Fourth edition.

Place of Publication:

Westport, CT : Praeger Publishers, 2006.

Contents:

Perspectives on the evolution and future of educational measurement / Robert L. Brennan

Validation / Michael T. Kane

Reliability / Edward H. Haertel

Item response theory / Wendy M. Yen and Anne R. Fitzpatrick

Scaling and norming / Michael J. Kolen

Linking and equating / Paul W. Holland and Neil J. Dorans

Test fairness / Gregory Camilli

Cognitive psychology and educational assessment / Robert J. Mislevy

Test development / Cynthia B. Schmeiser and Catherine J. Welch

Test administration, security, scoring, and reporting / Allan S. Cohen and James A. Wollack

Performance assessment / Suzanne Lane and Clement A. Stone

Setting performance standards / Ronald K. Hambleton and Mary J. Pitoniak

Technology and testing / Fritz Drasgow, Richard M. Luecht, and Randy E. Bennett

Old, borrowed and new thoughts in second language testing / Micheline Chalhoub-Deville and Craig Deville

Testing for accountability in K-12 / Daniel M. Koretz and Laura S. Hamilton

Standardized assessment of individual achievement in K-12 / Steve Ferrara and Gerald E. DeMauro

Classroom assessment / Lorrie A. Shepard

Higher education admissions testing / Rebecca Zwick

Monitoring educational progress with group-score assessments / John Mazzeo, Stephen Lazer, and Michael J. Zieky

Testing for licensure and certification in the professions / Brian E. Clauser, Melissa J. Margolis, and Susan M. Case

Legal and ethical issues / S.E. Phillips and Wayne J. Camara.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Albert E. Visk, W'28, Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

0275981258

OCLC:

69104278

Publisher Number:

9780275981259