Educational Measurement (ACE/Praeger Series on Higher Education) (Hardcover)

by Robert L. Brennan (Author)

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This fourth edition of ^IEducational Measurement^R will provide a critical guide to researchers and practitioners in the field.

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The importance of this fourth edition of Educational Measurement is to extensively update and extend the topics treated in the previous three editions. As such, the fourth edition documents progress in the field and provides critical guidance to the efforts of new generations of researchers and practitioners.

This new edition of Educational Measurement is edited by Robert Brennan and jointly sponsored by ACE and the National Council on Measurement in Education. It provides in-depth treatments of important measurement topics, and the chapter authors are acknowledged experts in their respective fields.

NATIONAL COUNCIL ON MEASUREMENT IN EDUCATION is an organization incorporated for scientific, educational, literary, and charitable purposes: i.e., advancing of the science of measurement instruments and procedures: improving applications of measurement; and disseminating knowledge about measurement theory, techniques, and instrumentation.

Educational Measurement has been the bible in its field since the first edition was published by ACE in 1951. The importance fo this fourth edition of Educational Measurement is to extensiely update and extend the topics treated in the preious three editions. As such, the fourth edition documents progress in the field and provides critical guidance to the efforts of new generations of researchers and practitioners. Edited by Robert Brennan and jointly sponsored by the American Council on Education (ACE) and the National Council on Measurement in Education, the fourth edition provides in-depth treatments of critical measurement topics, and the chapter authors are acknowledged experts in their respective fields. Educational measurement researchers and practitioners will find this text essential, and those interested in statistics, psychology, business, and economics should also find this work to be of very strong interest.

Topics covered are divided into three subject areas: theory and general principles; construction, administration, and scoring; and applications. The first part of the book covers the topics of validation, reliability, item response theory, scaling and norming, linking and equating, test fairness, and cognitive psychology. Part two includes chapters on test development, test administration, performance assessment, setting performance standards, and technology in testing. The final section includes chapters on second language testing, testing for accountability in K-12 schools, standardized assessment of individual achievement in K-12 schools, higher education admissions testing, monitoring educational progress, licensure and certification testing, and legal and ethical issues.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 808 pages
• Publisher: Praeger; 4 edition
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0275981258
• ISBN-13: 978-0275981259
• Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 8.6 x 1.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #109,095 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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1 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Worth the money, even for a student, September 19, 2007

By	CMc (Lincoln, NE) - See all my reviews

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

2 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars State of art, June 15, 2007

By	J. Manuel Alvarez Manilla - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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