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Crocker, Linda; Algina, James – 1986
This text was written to help the reader acquire a base of knowledge about classical psychometrics and to integrate new ideas into that framework of knowledge. The material is organized into five units: (1) introduction to measurement theory; (2) reliability; (3) validity; (4) item analysis in test development; and (5) test scoring and…
Descriptors: Item Analysis, Measurement Techniques, Psychometrics, Scoring
McDaniel, Ernest – 1994
This book is designed to introduce education students to the essentials of measurement and evaluation. It focuses on the topics essential to effective classroom teaching and treats these topics in a way that emphasizes the human context that surrounds and guides their use. The book is organized into three main sections. The first is understanding…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Aptitude Tests, Cognitive Processes, Educational Assessment
Marzano, Robert J.; Pickering, Debra; McTighe, Jay – 1993
Dimensions of Learning is an instructional model that is based on the premise that five types of thinking are essential to the learning process: (1) positive attitudes and perceptions about learning; (2) thinking involved in acquiring and integrating new learning; (3) thinking in extending and refining knowledge; (4) thinking in using knowledge…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education, Knowledge Level
Cohen, Libby G.; Spenciner, Loraine J. – 1998
This book is designed to provide future and experienced educators and other professionals with a fundamental understanding of traditional and contemporary perspectives on the assessment of children and youth, aged 3 through 21. It features broad coverage of traditional and contemporary assessment approaches. Individual tests are discussed at…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Case Studies, Child Development, Children
Hopkins, Kenneth D. – 1998
Since 1941, this book has been a standard textbook in educational measurement. As in the previous editions, the selection and treatment of topics were guided by the knowledge and skills that are necessary for the development of valid evaluation measures and the knowledge and competencies needed to interpret teacher-made and standardized tests.…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Aptitude Tests, Educational Testing, Elementary Secondary Education