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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Educational measurement. Westport, CT : Praeger Publishers, 2006 (OCoLC)622114133 |
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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Robert L Brennan; National Council on Measurement in Education.; American Council on Education. |
| ISBN: | 0275981258 9780275981259 |
| OCLC Number: | 69104278 |
| Description: | xvii, 779 p. : ill. ; 29 cm. |
| Contents: | Illustrations -- Foreword -- Editor's preface -- .1. Perspectives on the evolution and future of educational measurement / Robert L. Brennan -- pt. 1. Theory and general principles -- 2. Validation / Michael T. Kane -- 3. Reliability / Edward H. Haertel -- 4. Item response theory / Wendy M. Yen and Anne R. Fitzpatrick -- 5. Scaling and norming / Michael J. Kolen -- 6. Linking and equating / Paul W. Holland and Neil J. Dorans -- 7. Test fairness / Gregory Camilli -- 8. Cognitive psychology and educational assessment / Robert J. Mislevy -- pt. 2. Construction, administration, and scoring -- 9. Test development / Cynthia B. Schmeiser and Catherine J. Welch -- 10. Test administration, security, scoring, and reporting / Allan S. Cohen and James A. Wollack -- 11. Performance assessment / Suzanne Lane and Clement A. Stone -- 12. Setting performance standards / Ronald K. Hambleton and Mary J. Pitoniak -- 13. Technology and testing / Fritz Drasgow, Richard M. Luecht, and Randy E. Bennett. pt. 3. Applications -- 14. Old, borrowed and new thoughts in second language testing / Micheline Chalhoub-Deville and Craig Deville -- 15. Testing for accountability in K-12 / Daniel M. Koretz and Laura S. Hamilton -- 16. Standardized assessment of individual achievement in K-12 / Steve Ferrara and Gerald E. DeMauro -- 17. Classroom assessment / Lorrie A. Shepard -- 18. Higher education admissions testing / Rebecca Zwick -- 19. Monitoring educational progress with group-score assessments / John Mazzeo, Stephen Lazer, and Michael J. Zieky -- 20. Testing for licensure and certification in the professions / Brian E. Clauser, Melissa J. Margolis, and Susan M. Case -- 21. Legal and ethical issues / S.E. Phillips and Wayne J. Camara -- Index. |
| Series Title: | American Council on Education/Praeger series on higher education. |
| Responsibility: | sponsored jointly by National Council on Measurement in Education and American Council on Education ; edited by Robert L. Brennan. |
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