Testing & Measurement

This volume questions the validity issues surrounding educational assessment programs and their appropriate uses in applied contexts. The authors break new ground in terms of validity theory and practice, offering recommendations, frameworks and...

While both committed to providing effective programs and services that help students succeed in college and beyond, and aware of the increasing demands from internal and external stakeholders that every dollar spent benefits students and contributes to...

Leveraging Digital Tools to Assess Student Learning provides a practical approach to using technology to collect, interpret, and curate assessment data in K-12 in-person, online, hybrid, and dual learning environments. Digital media, emerging learning...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781936765140Author Kim BaileyFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Solution Tree PressPublisher Solution Tree PressWeight(grams) 431gDimensions(mm) 277mm *...

Assessing English Language Learners explains and illustrates the main ideas underlying assessment as an activity intimately linked to instruction and the basic principles for developing, using, selecting, and adapting assessment instruments and...

This clear, no-nonsense book guides current and future teachers through the concepts, tools, methods, and goals of classroom literacy assessment. The expert authors examine the roles of formative, summative, and benchmark assessments; demystify state and...

This timely collection explores the role of digital technology in language education and assessment during the COVID-19 pandemic. It recognises the unique pressures which the COVID-19 pandemic placed on assessment in language education, and examines the...

Assessing Competencies for Social and Emotional Learning explores the conceptualization, development, and application of assessments of competencies and contextual factors related to social and emotional learning (SEL). As programs designed to teach...

Several key developments challenge the field of educational measurement today: demands for tests at larger scales with higher stakes, an improved understanding of how people develop capabilities, and new technologies for interactive digital assessments...

Automatic item generation (AIG) represents a relatively new and unique research area where specific cognitive and psychometric theories are applied to test construction practices for the purpose of producing test items using technology. The purpose of...

In response to public demand, federal legislation now requires testing of most students in the United States in reading and mathematics in grades three through eight. Many educators, parents, and policymakers who have paid little attention to testing...

Were you looking for the book with access to MyEducationLab? This product is the book alone and does NOT come with access to MyEducationLab. Buy the book and access card package to save money on this resource. For students taking assessment courses in...

Sticky Assessment is a straightforward guide to assessment, designed to demystify assessment and to give teachers the tools they need become better assessors. Translating the latest research into a concise and practical volume, this book helps teachers...

This component of Assessing Media Education is intended for those who would like to know how other schools have grappled with implementing assessment initiatives, and who have used assessment to improve their programs.Book InformationISBN...

Large-scale assessments (LSAs) play a growing role in education policy decisions, accountability, and education planning worldwide. This book focuses on central issues that are key components of successful planning, development and implementation of LSAs...

The future of online assessment and measurement is in the hands of the early adopters and hardy pioneers who are determined to overcome the challenges and help push forward and out the learning and assessment paradigm. Each of these pioneers knows that...

In 1996 Division 12 of the APA presented Centennial Awards to two psychologists who were considered to have made the greatest lifetime contributions to the discipline. One of those individuals was Paul Meehl. Dr. Meehl's writings on research methodology...

Rubrics offer concrete artefacts of what schools evaluate to be of merit, and what educators and schools value to be worth rewarding. Assessment Rubrics Decoded offers insights into a myriad of issues that affect, and are affected by, the construction of...

Presenting the proceedings of a conference held at Syracuse University in honor of S.S. Stevens, a pioneer in the scaling of sensory magnitudes and the originator of the method of magnitude estimation, this volume brings together the work of 20...

Now in paperback! "The most comprehensive and exhaustive treatise available on the imperative to change the ways we test and assess student performance...it will become a major reference work for supporters of student-centered assessment." ...

The first book to tell the story of the Advanced Placement program-the gold standard for academic rigor in U.S. high schools and beyondThe Advanced Placement program stands as the foremost source of college-level academics for millions of high school...

From early answer sheets filled in with number 2 pencils, to tests administered by mainframe computers, to assessments wholly constructed by computers, it is clear that technology is changing the field of educational and psychological measurement. The...

Collecting and analysing data to monitor and challenge school standards is an increasingly important - and unavoidable - aspect of our education system. But how do we ensure we are generating useful information to support learning and make informed...

The use of computers and the Internet in the testing community has expanded the opportunity for innovative testing. Until now, there was no one source that reviewed the latest methods of automated scoring for complex assessments. This is the first volume...

Following the recent major school reform of Race to the Top, schools, teachers, and students are increasingly evaluated through high-stakes achievement test scores. In six concise chapters, Teacher and Student Evaluation explores the historical rise and...

A comprehensive resource for assessment practitioners, this book provides step-by-step guidance for developing, administering, scoring, and validating a range of performance tasks, including literacy and other types of proficiency assessments. The...

Knowledge grows as ideas are tested against each other. Agreement is not resolved simply by naming concepts but in the dialectical process of thesis, antithesis, and synthesis. There are many echoes of these debates in The Evidence Book. The contributors...

Measurement Theory in Action, Third Edition, helps readers apply testing and measurement theories and features 22 self-contained modules which instructors can match to their courses. Each module features an overview of a measurement issue and a...

Despite feedback's demonstratively positive effects on student performance, research on the specific components of successful feedback practice is in short supply. In Using Feedback to Improve Learning, Ruiz-Primo and Brookhart offer critical...

Schools around the world use online programs like Accelerated Reader and Reading Counts to improve students' reading comprehension of real books, but how can such software be used most effectively? In this unique resource, researcher Keith Topping...

The second edition of the Handbook of Test Development provides graduate students and professionals with an up-to-date, research-oriented guide to the latest developments in the field. Including thirty-two chapters by well-known scholars and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781989744918Author Harvey BairdFormat PaperbackPage Count 206Imprint Tomas EdwardsPublisher Tomas EdwardsWeight(grams) 209gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm *...

The History of Educational Measurement collects essays on the most important topics in educational testing, measurement, and psychometrics. Authored by the field's top scholars, this book offers unique historical viewpoints, from origins to modern...

As a nation, we spend more than $1 billion a year on federally mandated educational tests that 30 million students must take each year. The country spends an additional $1.2 billion on test preparation materials designed to help students pass these tests...

From his own background growing up on the drug-tainted projects of Manhattan, Jose Vilson takes the reader on the coming-of-age story of a naive young man struggling to mature through the first few years of his career, balancing the lows of murder,...

In today's world, with the increased emphasis on student assessment and teacher accountability, this book is invaluable to the physical educator. The most complete reference listing available on sports skills tests and measurement, the guide contains...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781338284744Author Scholastic Teacher ResourcesFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint Scholastic Teaching ResourcesPublisher Scholastic Teaching...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781551641706Author Bertell OllmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint Black Rose BooksPublisher Black Rose BooksWeight(grams) 240gDimensions(mm) 243mm *...

As student learning objectives become an increasingly prominent approach to setting goals and growth measures in schools, teachers' competence in formative assessment is essential. Using Formative Assessment to Support Student Learning Objectives...

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