The History of Educational Measurement

Key Advancements in Theory, Policy, and Practice
Herausgeber: Clauser, Brian E.; Bunch, Michael B.

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The History of Educational Measurement collects essays on the most important topics in educational testing, measurement, and psychometrics. Authored by the field's top scholars, this book offers unique historical viewpoints, from origins to modern applications, of formal testing programs and mental measurement theories. Topics as varied as large-scale testing, validity, item-response theory, federal involvement, and notable assessment controversies complete a survey of the field's greatest challenges and most important achievements. Graduate students, researchers, industry professionals, and other stakeholders will find this volume relevant for years to come.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 400
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Juli 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 728g
• ISBN-13: 9780367370954
• ISBN-10: 0367370956
• Artikelnr.: 69985361

Autorenporträt

Brian E. Clauser is Vice President of the Center for Advancement Assessment at the National Board of Medical Examiners, USA. He is Member of the Board of Editors for Applied Measurement in Education and Journal of Educational Measurement. Michael B. Bunch is Senior Advisor to Measurement Incorporated, USA, having served the company as Vice President and Senior Vice President of Research and Development since 1982.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I Testing Movements 1. Early Efforts 2. Development and Evolution of
the SAT and ACT 3. The History of Norm- and Criterion-Referenced Testing 4.
The Role of the Federal Government in Shaping Educational Testing Policy
and Practice 5. Historical Milestones in the Assessment of English Learners
6. Evolving Notions of Fairness in Testing in the United States 7. A
Century of Testing Controversies Part II Measurement Theory and Practice
8. A History of Classical Test Theory 9. The Evolution of the Concept of
Validity 10. Generalizability Theory 11. A History of Scaling and its
Relationship to Measurement 12. A History of Bayesian Inference in
Educational Measurement 13. History of Test Equating Methods and Practices
Through 1985 14. A History of Rasch Measurement Theory