Handbook of test development/

Other Authors: Downing, Steven M., Haladyna, Thomas M.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Mahwah, N.J.: New York: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Routledge, [c2006]
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Table of Contents:
  • Twelve steps for effective test development / Steven M. Downing
  • The standards for educational and psychological testing: guidance in test development / Robert L. Linn
  • Contracting for testing services / E. Roger Trent and Edward Roeber
  • Evidence-centered assessment design / Robert J. Mislevy and Michelle M. Riconscente
  • Item and test development strategies to minimize test fraud / James C. Impara and David Foster
  • Preparing examinees for test taking: guidelines for test developers and test users / Linda Crocker
  • Content-related validity evidence in test development / Michael Kane
  • Identifying content for student achievement tests / Norman L. Webb
  • Determining test content of credentialing examinations / Mark Raymond and Sandra Neustel
  • Standard setting / Gregory J. Cizek
  • Computerized item banking / C. David Vale
  • Selected-response item formats in test development / Steven M. Downing
  • Item and prompt development in performance testing / Catherine Welch
  • Innovative item formats in computer-based testing: in pursuit of improved construct representation / Stephen G. Sireci and April L. Zenisky
  • Item editing and editorial review / Rebecca A. Baranowski
  • Fairness reviews in assessment / Michael Zieky
  • Language issues in item development / Jamal Abedi
  • Anchor-based methods for judgmentally estimating item statistics / Ronald K. Hambleton and Stephen Jirka
  • Item analysis / Samuel A. Livingston
  • Practical issues in designing and maintaining multiple test forms for large-scale programs / Cathy L. W. Wendler and Michael E. Walker
  • Vertical scales / Michael J. Young
  • Developing test forms for small-scale achievement testing systems / Paul Jones, Russell W. Smith, and Diane Talley
  • Designing ability tests / Gale H. Roid
  • Designing computerized adaptive tests / Tim Davey and Mary J. Pitoniak
  • Designing tests for pass-fail decisions using item response theory / Richard M. Luecht
  • Test production effects on validity / Dan Campion and Sherri Miller
  • Test administration / Rose C. McCallin
  • Considerations for the administration of tests to special needs students: accommodations, modifications, and more / Martha L. Thurlow, Sandra J. Thompson, and Sheryl S. Lazarus
  • Practices, issues, and trends in student test score reporting / Joseph M. Ryan
  • Technical reporting and documentation / Douglas F. Becker and Mark R. Pomplun
  • Evaluating tests / Chad W. Buckendahl and Barbara S. Plake
  • Roles and importance of validity studies in test development / Thomas M. Haladyna
  • Epilogue / Cynthia Board Schmeiser.