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Measurement and Assessment in Teaching, 8/e

Robert L. Linn, University of Colorado
Norman E. Gronlund, University of Illlinois

Published June, 1999 by Prentice Hall Career & Technology

Copyright 2000, 574 pp.
Cloth
ISBN 0-13-878356-X


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Summary

For a basic Test and Measurement course. The market leader, this popular text introduces future teachers to those elements of measurement and assessment essential to good teaching. Its straightforward treatment is predicated on the authors' belief that evaluation of learning plays a pivotal role in the instructional process and that its effectiveness depends on a teacher's ability to construct and select valid evaluation instruments. Written with the introductory student in mind, it assumes no prior knowledge of statistics, and uses illustrative examples generously to explain and expand upon topics.

Features


NEW—Includes a new chapter on portfolios which emphasizes the growing trend of authentic assessment (Ch.12).

  • Emphasizes current practice.
NEW—Revised Ch.11 on performance-based assessments provides insight on both restricted-response and extended performance tests, explains how to construct performance tasks, and discusses rating scales.
  • Emphasizes current practice.
NEW—Thoroughly revised Ch.13 on informal assessment provides updated information on observational techniques, peer appraisal, self-report, attitude measurement, interest inventories, and personality measures.
  • Emphasizes current practice.
NEW—Includes new margin notes throughout the text.
  • Refer readers to pertinent websites for additional information and emphasize the emerging role of technology in assessment.
NEW—Appendix D on the Standards for Teacher Competence in Educational Assessment of Students.
  • Makes this text an excellent resource for future teachers.
NEW—Expanded discussion of reliability and validity.
  • Helps students understand quality issues in assessment.
Provides checklists for step-by-step instruction in reviewing classroom tests and assessment vehicles.
  • Helps students implement content.
Offers comprehensive coverage of classroom tests and assessments including more emphasis on informal assessment procedures (observation, peer appraisal, self-reporting) and formal instruments (standardized tests, selected response).
  • Everything needed in the course is in one book.
Special features include Checklists, Guidelines, and boxed inserts focusing on particular issues in assessment such as bluffing, cheating, and misuse of the option “none of the above.”
  • These give students a chance to look at real life situations concerning assessment issues.


Table of Contents
I. THE MEASUREMENT AND ASSESSMENT PROCESS.
    1. Educational Testing and Assessment: Context, Issues, and Trends.
    2. The Role of Measurement and Assessment in Teaching.
    3. Instructional Goals and Objectives: Foundation for Assessment.
    4. Validity.
    5. Reliability and Other Desired Characteristics.

II. CLASSROOM TESTS AND ASSESSMENTS.
    6. Planning Classroom Tests and Assessments.
    7. Constructing Objective Test Items: Simple Forms.
    8. Constructing Objective Test Items: Multiple-Choice Forms.
    9. Measuring Complex Achievement: The Interpretive Exercise.
    10. Measuring Complex Achievement: Essay Questions.
    11. Measuring Complex Achievement: Performance-Based Assessments.
    12. Portfolios.
    13. Assessment Procedures: Observational Techniques, Peer Appraisal, and Self-Report.
    14. Assembling, Administering, and Appraising Classroom Tests and Assessments.
    15. Grading and Reporting.
III. SELECTING AND USING PUBLISHED TESTS.
    16. Achievement Tests.
    17. Aptitude Tests.
    18. Test Selection, Administration, and Use.
    19. Interpreting Test Scores and Norms.
    Appendix A: Elementary Statistics.
    Appendix B: Professional Journals for Locating Measurement and Assessment Articles.
    Appendix C: Content Standards.
    Appendix D: Standards for Teacher Competence in Educational Assessment of Students.
    Appendix E: Test Publishers.
    Appendix F. Selected Published Tests.
    Appendix G. Taxonomy of Educational Objectives.
    Appendix H. Relating Assessment Procedures to Instructional Objectives.
    Name Index.
    Subject Index.

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