Educational Measurement - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0197654967 ISBN 13: 9780197654965

Verlag: Oxford University Press Inc, 2025

Inhaltsangabe

The fifth edition of Educational Measurement represents the first version of this volume produced solely by the National Council on Educational Measurement (NCME). This volume, like the previous four editions, provides cutting edge research and guidance on all major topics in the field of measurement science, with chapters written by acknowledged experts in their respective fields.

Edited by Linda L. Cook and Mary J. Pitoniak, this edition contains 22 chapters separated into four parts. Part I provides a framing chapter for the volume, as well as chapters on the history and the social context of educational measurement. Part II addresses the important topics of validity, reliability, and fairness theory and concepts. Part III includes new theories and technical advances in topics such as technology-based assessment; scaling, equating and linking; test administration and scoring; standard setting; modeling educational assessment data; score reporting; fairness and accessibility; and designing and developing assessments. Part IV includes chapters on assessment to inform instruction and learning; test-based accountability in K-12 testing; testing in higher education; licensing and certification assessment; testing of interpersonal and intrapersonal skills; and large-scale assessment in international contexts. Part V provides an extensive discussion on the nature of measurement.

This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license. It is free to read at Oxford Scholarship Online and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations.

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Linda L. Cook graduated from the University of Massachusetts with a doctorate in Psychometric and Evaluative Research. She was employed at ETS for 32 years. During her employment at ETS she served in several roles including Executive Director, Admissions and Guidance Programs, Vice President, Assessment Division, and Director of the Center for Validity Research. Her professional activities included President of NCME, Vice President of AERA Division D, Chair, Management Committee to revise the Joint Standards, and Member of the Technical Committee to revise the Joint Standards. She received the NCME 2017 award for Career Contributions to Educational Measurement.

Mary J. Pitoniak received an MS and PhD in Educational Psychology and Psychometric Methods from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and an A.B. in Psychology (summa cum laude, Highest Honors) from Smith College. She is an Executive Director at ETS and oversees audits of testing programs to the ETS Standards for Quality and Fairness. She also directs the activities of the NAEP technical advisory committee and has conducted NAEP-specific research. In addition she consults with education officials in other countries about issues related to assessment. She has served as the President of IAEA and Vice President of AERA Division D.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Oxford University Press Inc
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2025
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0197654967
• ISBN 13: 9780197654965
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Auflage: 5
• Anzahl der Seiten: 1440
• Herausgeber: Cook Linda L., Pitoniak Mary J.
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