Educational Measurement

by Brennan, Robert L.

• ISBN13: 9780275981259
• ISBN10: 0275981258
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-08-30
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

The importance of this fourth edition of Educational Measurement is to extensively update and extend the topics treated in the previous three editions. As such, the fourth edition documents progress in the field and provides critical guidance to the efforts of new generations of researchers and practitioners. This new edition of Educational Measurement is edited by Robert Brennan and jointly sponsored by ACE and the National Council on Measurement in Education. It provides in-depth treatments of important measurement topics, and the chapter authors are acknowledged experts in their respective fields. NATIONAL COUNCIL ON MEASUREMENT IN EDUCATION is an organization incorporated for scientific, educational, literary, and charitable purposes: i.e., advancing of the science of measurement instruments and procedures: improving applications of measurement; and disseminating knowledge about measurement theory, techniques, and instrumentation.

Table of Contents

Current Perspectives and Future Directions by Robert L. Brennan, University of Iowa

Theory and General Principals

Validity by Michael T. Kane, National Conference of Bar Examiners

Reliability by Edward H. Haertel, Stamford

Item Response Theory by Wendy M. Yen and Anne R. Fitzpatrick, Educational Testing Service

Scaling and Norming by Michael J. Kolen, University of Iowa

Linking and Equating by Paul W. Holland, and Neil J. Dorans, Educational Testing Service

Test Fairness by Gregory Camilli, Rutgers

Cognitive Psychology and Educational Assessment by Robert J. Mislevy, University of Maryland

Construction, Administration, and Scoring

Test Development by Cynthia B. Schmeiser, and Catherine J. Welch, ACT Inc.

est Administration, Security, Scoring, and Reporting by Allen S. Cohen, University of Georgia, and James A. Wollack, University of Wisconsin

Performance Assessment by Suzanne Lane, and Clement A. Stone, University of Pittsburgh

Standard Setting by Ronald K. Hambleton, University of Massachusetts, and Mary J. Pitoniak, Educational Testing Service

Techonology and Testing by Fritz Drasgow, University of Illinois, Richard M. Luecht, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, and Randy E. Bennett, Educational Testing Service

Applications

Second Language Testing by Micheline Chalhoub-Deville, and Craig Deville, University of Iowa

Group Achievement Testing in K-12 by Steven F. Ferrara, and Jerry Demauro, American Institutes for Research

Classroom Assessment by Lorrie A. Shepard, University of Colorado

HIgher Education Admissions Testing by Rebecca Zwick, University of California at Santa Barbara

Monitoring Educational Progress: National and International by John Mazzeo, Stephen Lazer, and Michael Zieky. Educational Testing Service

Licensure and Certification Testing by Brian E. Clauser, and Melissa J. Margolis, National Board of Medical Examines, and Susan M. Case, National Conference of Bar Examiners

Legal and Ethical Issues by Wayne J. Camara, College Board