Educational measurement /
Contributor(s): Brennan, Robert L | National Council on Measurement in Education | American Council on Education.
Series: American Council on Education/Praeger series on higher education: Publisher: Westport, Conn. : Praeger Publishers, 2006Edition: 4th ed.Description: xvii, 779 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0275981258; 9780275981259:; 9780275981259.Subject(s): Examinations -- Evaluation | Educational tests and measurementsDDC classification: 371.26Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Standard Loan | ATU Sligo Yeats Library Main Lending Collection | 371.26 BRE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 0078543 |
Includes bibliographic references and index.
Perspectives on the evolution and future of educational measurement -- Validation -- Reliability -- Item response theory -- Scaling and norming -- Linking and equating -- Test fairness -- Cognitive psychology and educational assessment -- Test development -- Test administration, security, scoring, and reporting -- Performance assessment -- Setting performance standards -- Technology and testing -- Old, borrowed and new thoughts in second language testing -- Testing for accountability in K-12 -- Standardized assessment of individual achievement in K-12 -- Classroom assessment -- Higher education admissions testing -- Monitoring educational progress with group-score assessments -- Testing for licensure and certification in the professions -- Legal and ethical issues.