Measurement and Assessment in the Schools

I. GETTING YOU ORIENTED. 1. What is Measurement, and How Did We Get Where We Are with It? 2. Coming to Grips with Social, Legal, and Ethical Issues in Measurement. II. BEGINNING YOUR EXCURSION-AN OVERVIEW OF BASIC MEASUREMENT CONCEPTS AND PRINCIPLES. 3. Learning to Read the Signposts: What do Those Test Scores Really Mean? 4. Why Worry About Reliability? Reliable Measures Yield Trustworthy Scores. 5. Why Worry About Validity? Valid Measures Permit Accurate Conclusions. 6. Constructing Your Own Achievement Tests: Deciding When and How to Do So. 7. Steps in Developing Good Items for Your Achievement Tests. 8. The Process of Becoming an Expert Tester: Assembly, Administration, and Analysis. 9. To Use or Not to Use Alternative Assessment. 10. Constructing and Using Descriptive Measures: Questionnaires, Interviews, Observations, and Rating Scales. 11. Getting in Touch with Students' Feelings: Measuring Attitudes and Interests. 12. Picking the Right Yardstick: Assigning Grades and Reporting Student Performance. III. USING EXISTING MEASURES--A SHOPPER--S GUIDE TO THE MEASUREMENT SUPERMARKET. 13. Understanding the Criticisms of Published Tests and Selecting the Best Measures for Use in Your Schools. 14. What Have My Students Learned? An Introduction to Standardized Achievement Measures. 15. Assessing Your Students' Potential: A Look at Aptitude and Readiness Measures. 16. Understand your Students' Special Needs: Using Tests for Diagnosis and for Special Populations. Appendix: Statistical Formulas and Computational Examples. References. Index.