This book is intended for anyone who is seriously interested in designing and validating multiple-choice test items that measure understanding and the application of knowledge and skills to complex situations such as critical thinking and problem solving. The most comprehensive and authoritative book in its field, this edition has been extensively ...
Despite the fact that test development is a growth industry that cuts across all levels of education and all the professions, there has never been a comprehensive, research-oriented handbook to which everyone (developers and consumers) can turn for guidance. That is the mission of this book. "The Handbook of Test Development" brings together well ...
This text examines standardized achievement testing in critical terms with the notion that students should be tested in ways that benefit them and their learning. Standardized testing continues to play a major role as an indicator of achievement in American Education. This book seeks to increase readers' understanding of standardized testing so ...
Here's a book intended to help readers develop better test questions - aimed at measuring their students' or future students' higher level thinking abilities such as writing, reading, mathematical or scientific problem solving, critical thinking, and creative thinking.
A guide intended to help K-12 teachers understand the meaning of a grade, adopt a set of principles to guide grading, and design a grading system that will fairly represent students' learning and will have a positive effect on their learning. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
A study of developing and validating multiple-choice tests. It seeks to achieve a number of objectives, including: providing a conceptual basis for item writing; reviewing the issue of constructed-versus selected-response testing; presenting a variety of formats; providing guidance in developing items; and speculating about the future of item ...
This work examines both the processes and issues involved in developing and running large-scale assessment programmes. Topics include development of assessments, implementation of assessments and analysis of assessments.
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