Testing Measurement category: 779 books
by Robyn Mather
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2014
Mt. Multi is a set of basic mathematical tests which begin with the key times tables (2x to 12x, and doubles), then extends to include equations involving exponents, Roman numerals, algebra, BEDMAS, square root, negative and positive numbers, factorials, right angles, decimals and fractions. It was...
Testing Times
The Uses and Abuses of Assessment
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2008
Assessment dominates our lives but its good intentions often produce negative consequences. An example that is central to this book is how current forms of assessment encourage shallow ‘for-the-test’ learning. It is true to say that as the volume of assessment increases, confidence in what it...
A Handbook of Test Construction (Psychology Revivals)
Introduction to Psychometric Design
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2015
Psychological tests provide reliable and objective standards by which individuals can be evaluated in education and employment. Therefore accurate judgements must depend on the reliability and quality of the tests themselves. Originally published in 1986, this handbook by an internationally acknowledged...
Test Anxiety
Applied Research, Assessment, and Treatment Interventions
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2013
This book is designed to give students and researchers the confidence to understand, assess, treat, and research test anxiety. Marty Sapp presents the various cognitive and behavioral theories of test anxiety along with instruments for measuring test anxiety. He integrates statistical methodology,...
by Peter Dunn-Rankin, Gerald A. Knezek, Susan R. Wallace
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2014
Scaling Methods is written for professionals in the behavioral sciences who analyze data that results from subjective responses. Other books on scaling attitudes or measuring perceptions focus on the psychometrician's view of measurement. This book focuses on the users' view by concentrating on effective...
Research Methods in Occupational Health Psychology
Measurement, Design and Data Analysis
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2012
Research Methods in Occupational Health Psychology: Measurement, Design, and Data Analysis provides a state-of-the-art review of current issues and best practices in the science of Occupational Health Psychology. Occupational Health Psychology (OHP) is a multidisciplinary and rapidly growing area...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2013
This book constitutes a collection of articles that were written for, and recently published as, special sections in three consecutive issues of the Journal of Personality Assessment.
Part I provides lucid commentaries on the current status of and future issues regarding the Rorschach and MMPI-2...
Education Governance for the Twenty-First Century
Overcoming the Structural Barriers to School Reform
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2013
America's fragmented, decentralized, politicized, and bureaucratic system of education governance is a major impediment to school reform. In this important new book, a number of leading education scholars, analysts, and practitioners show that understanding the impact of specific policy changes in...
The Myths of Standardized Tests
Why They Don't Tell You What You Think They Do
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2011
Pundits, politicians, and business leaders continually make claims for what standardized tests can do, and those claims go largely unchallenged because they are in line with popular assumptions about what these tests can do, what the scores mean, and the psychology of human motivation. But what most...
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Self-Testing Your Personality
Rediscover Yourself with More Than 40 Insightful Quizzes
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2008
It really is all about you!
Everyone loves taking personality tests. Presented in an easy-to-read format, this collection of entertaining and insightful self-scoring quizzes lets readers explore different aspects of their personalities with tests such as Am I a Risktaker? Am I in the Right...
Psychobook
Games, Tests, Questionnaires, Histories
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2016
Who knew a trip to the therapist could be so much fun, even aesthetically rewarding? Beyond sharing feelings or complaining about your mother, Psychobook reveals the rich history of psychological testing in a fascinating sideways look at classic testing methods, from word-association games to inkblots...
Many Children Left Behind
How the No Child Left Behind Act Is Damaging Our Children and Our Schools
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2004
Signed into law in 2002, the federal No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) promised to revolutionize American public education. Originally supported by a bipartisan coalition, it purports to improve public schools by enforcing a system of standards and accountability through high-stakes testing. Many people...
by William J. Reese
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
Despite claims that written exams narrowed the curriculum, ruined children’s health, and turned teachers into automatons, once tests took root in American schools their legitimacy was never seriously challenged. William Reese puts today’s battles over standards and benchmarks into perspective by showcasing the history of the pencil-and-paper exam.
by Herbert J. Walberg
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2013
The author draws on scientific studies of tests and their uses to show how standardized achievement tests must play a central role in improving achievement in K-12 schools. He explains the central considerations in developing and evaluating tests and tells how tests can best be best used, covering...