Introduction to Educational Measurement (New ed of 4 Revised ed)

PMThis highly-regarded text is a non-technical orientation to educational measurement.

Emphasis is on techniques to construct tests and to interpret standard tests.

Contains up-dated, expanded coverage of criterion-referenced tests, invasion of privacy, test bias, national and state assessment programs, uses of test data, and accountability.

Chapters on finding and selecting measuring instruments, measuring achievement, personality and ajustment measurement, self-report techniques, and observational techniques are completely rewritten.

Statistical computations are explained step-by-step to provide students with basic statistical background.

Each chapter presents objectives, learning exercises throughout, study questions, and a list of annotated references.

Appendices include further statistical computations, a publishers' address list, and instructions for extracting square roots.

Appropriate for first courses in educational measurement and evaluation, or tests and measurement.

Reprinted from the 1979 Houghton Mifflin edition.