Modern Educational Measurement Practical Guidelines for Educational Leaders

Name: Modern Educational Measurement Practical Guidelines for Educational Leaders
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ISBN: 9780205287703

ISBN-10: 0205287700

ISBN-13: 9780205287703

Edition: 3rd 2000 (Revised)

Authors: W. James Popham

List price: $184.60

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This thorough re-orientation of Modern Educational Measurement provides the most useful tools for accurate assessment of students and how well the goals of curricula are met. Overhauled to approach the topic from the perspective of the people in the trenches who must master the uses and abuses of testing methods and assessment instruments, this text offers timely, well-documented, and extremely practical information on this important subject. Further, it presents the material in a way that makes it more interesting and engaging than other texts on the market. The book aims to help educational leaders, the administrators and the teachers who must grapple with the problems and the methods of…

Book details

List price: $184.60
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Allyn & Bacon, Incorporated
Publication date: 7/21/1999
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 466
Size: 8.00" wide x 9.75" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.980



Preface



Why Measure; What to Measure, and How to Interpret What's Been Measured



Measurement's Importance to Educational Leaders



What to Measure and How to Interpret Results



How to Evaluate Educational Assessments



Instructional Contribution



The Validity of Assessment-Based Interpretations



Reliability of Assessment Devices



Absence of Bias



High-Quality Comparative Data



Creating Educational Tests



Tying Down the Assessment Domain



Selected-Response Items



Constructed-Response Items



Performance and Portfolio Assessment



Improving Test Items



Creating Affective Measures



Using Educational Tests



Administering Educational Tests and Using the Results



Standardized Achievement Tests: Marvelous Measures - Often Misused



Statistical Concepts Needed to Evaluate and Use Educational Tests


Index