Assessment Research Guide
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Background Information
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2001Provides an overview of assessment and the standards movement; also gives chronology, lists of resources, and organizations involved.
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2008"enables researchers to determine what types of noncommercial experimental test instruments are currently in use by providing ready access to information about recently developed or recently used experimental measurement scales." Lists tests from over 30 relevant professional journals.
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2006"All editions have chapters devoted to validity, reliability, equating and/or scaling, test development, technology in testing, and measurement in the context of instruction. Also, most editions have chapters dealing with test administration and performance assessment."
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2005"The entries in this encyclopedia capture this sense of evaluation as a practice (methods, techniques, roles, people), as a profession (professional obligations, shared knowledge, ethical imperatives, events, places), and as a discipline (theories and models of evaluation, ontological and epistemological issues.)"
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2006Sections include: "Foundations of the Discipline," "Development and Individual Differences," "Cognition and Cognitive Process," "Motivation," "Educational Content," "Society and Cultural Perspectives," "The Educational Context," and "Assessment of Learning, Development, and Teaching."
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2006"The purpose of this handbook is to give the classroom teacher, reading specialist, administrator, or student concise, up-to-date information on the most popular assessment and evaluation tools in literacy."
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2001
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2001"The Handbook of Psychoeducational Assessment is a practical guide for educational and psychological professionals using norm-referenced tests in the ability, achievement, and behavioral assessment of children. Written by key individuals involved in the construction and evolution of the most widely used tests, this book provides critical information on the nature and scope of commonly used tests, on their reliability, validity, administration, and scoring, on interpretation of the tests, and on how the tests may differ from each other in utility with specific populations."
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2006Sections include "Early Childhood Education and Child Development," "Early Childhood Educational Curriculum," "Foundations of Early Childhood Educational Policy," and "Research and Evaluations Strategies for Early Childhood Education."
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2006
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2000"In general, an instrument is included because it provides adequate support for its reliability and validity. (p. 4)" Information given includes: title, source, comments, scale construction, sample, reliability, validity, factor analysis, references, and scoring.
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1999"The new Standards reflects changes in federal law and measurement trends affecting validity; testing individuals with disabilities or different linguistic backgrounds; and new types of tests as well as new uses of existing tests. The Standards is written for the professional and for the educated layperson and addresses professional and technical issues of test development and use in education, psychology, and employment. This book is a vitally important reference for professional test developers, sponsors, publishers, users, policymakers, employers, and students in education and psychology."
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2002This books was written to meet two goals. "First, it's crucial that we understand the concepts and vocabulary of testing and measurement to ensure that tests are being used appropriately." "Second, it's important for teachers to understand aspects of the wider context of standards and testing. (p. ix)"
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2009Portion of title: International handbook of educational evaluationLB2822.75 .S23 2009 1 STACKS
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