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Educational Measurement (American Council on Education/Oryx Press Series on Higher Education)

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This book is a collection of chapters each written by the world's leading experts in the field. Most chapters is exhaustive and tell the reader anything s/he needs to know about the topic. The chapter on reliability unfortunately only deals only with classical test theory, generalisability theory and item response theory and ignores the whole line of domain referenced framework (e.g. the early work of Berk), something Kane for example refers to in his chapter on validity. I have been working in educational assessment for over 19 years and yet I learnt a lot from reading this book.

This is the book you need in your library if educational measurement is of any interest to you and fellow users. First part cover the main aspects of measurement, including validity, reliability, item response theory, etc. Then there are many other relevant papers, including practical aspects like licensing and admissions to higher education testing. Each chapter will help the reader to locate the main references in the subject. In short: highly recommended.

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Everyone in the field needs this book. There's a reason it's called the Bible of Measurement.

I am a PhD student in measurement, and this is the first place I go when I'm looking for background on a topic. It has a chapter devoted to each of the most important issues, and each of the chapters was written by a renowned expert in that particular area. When it comes to the "Ed. Measurement Bible" I'm a real evangelist, always encouraging people to read the particular chapter for the aspect of testing they're trying to understand.

It is not really meant for total amateurs to testing because the material is fairly dense, but if you have some background then this book can greatly expand your understanding.

A complete revision of the state of assessment. A necesary reference for people in the field of evatuation.