Handbook of Test Development

Name: Handbook of Test Development
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ISBN: 9780805852653

ISBN-10: 0805852654

ISBN-13: 9780805852653

Edition: 2006

Authors: Thomas M. Haladyna, Steven M. Downing, Suzanne Lane, Mark Raymond, Douglas D. Becker

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Despite the fact that test development is a growth industry that cuts across all levels of education and all the professions, there has never been a comprehensive, research-oriented handbook to which everyone (developers and consumers) can turn for guidance. That is the mission of this book. The "Handbook of Test Development" brings together well-known scholars and test-development practitioners to present chapters on all aspects of test development. Each chapter contributor is not only a recognized expert with an academic and research background in their designated topic, each one has also had hands-on experience in various aspects of test development. This 32-chapter volume is organized…

Book details

List price: $140.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 1/18/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 792
Size: 7.00" wide x 9.90" long x 1.70" tall
Weight: 2.926
Language: English



Preface




Foundations



Twelve Steps for Effective Test Development



The Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing: Guidance in Test Development



Contracting for Testing Services



Evidence-Centered Assessment Design



Item and Test Development Strategies to Minimize Test Fraud



Preparing Examinees for Test Taking: Guidelines for Test Developers and Test Users



Content



Content-Related Validity Evidence in Test Development



Identifying Content for Student Achievement Tests



Determining the Content of Credentialing Examinations



Standard Setting



Item Development



Computerized Item Banking



Selected-Response Item Formats in Test Development



Item and Prompt Development in Performance Testing



Innovative Item Formats in Computer-Based Testing: In Pursuit of Improved Construct Representation



Item Editing and Editorial Review



Fairness Reviews in Assessment



Language Issues in Item Development



Anchor-Based Methods for Judgmentally Estimating Item Statistics



Item Analysis



Test Design



Practical Issues in Designing and Maintaining Multiple Test Forms for Large-Scale Programs



Vertical Scales



Developing Test Forms for Small-Scale Achievement Testing Systems



Designing Ability Tests



Designing Computerized Adaptive Tests



Designing Tests for Pass-Fail Decisions Using Item Response Theory



Test Production and Administration



Test Production Effects on Validity



Test Administration



Considerations for the Administration of Tests to Special Needs Students: Accommodations, Modifications, and More



Posttest Activities



Practices, Issues, and Trends in Student Test Score Reporting



Technical Reporting and Documentation



Evaluating Tests



Roles and Importance of Validity Studies in Test Development



Epilogue