Modern educational measurement /
Popham, W. James.
Modern educational measurement / W. James Popham. - Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice-Hall, 1981. - xiii, 441 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographies and index.
This thorough re-orientation of Modern Educational Measurement provides the most useful tools for accurate assessment of students and how well the goals of curricula are met. Overhauled to approach the topic from the perspective of the people in the trenches who must master the uses and abuses of testing methods and assessment instruments, this text offers timely, well-documented, and extremely practical information on this important subject. Further, it presents the material in a way that makes it more interesting and engaging than other texts on the market. The book aims to help “educational leaders,” the administrators and the teachers who must grapple with the problems and the methods of assessment in order to improve educational practices for students everywhere.
0135919827
Educational tests and measurements.
Criterion-referenced tests.
Norm-referenced tests.
371.26 POP
Modern educational measurement / W. James Popham. - Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice-Hall, 1981. - xiii, 441 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographies and index.
This thorough re-orientation of Modern Educational Measurement provides the most useful tools for accurate assessment of students and how well the goals of curricula are met. Overhauled to approach the topic from the perspective of the people in the trenches who must master the uses and abuses of testing methods and assessment instruments, this text offers timely, well-documented, and extremely practical information on this important subject. Further, it presents the material in a way that makes it more interesting and engaging than other texts on the market. The book aims to help “educational leaders,” the administrators and the teachers who must grapple with the problems and the methods of assessment in order to improve educational practices for students everywhere.
0135919827
Educational tests and measurements.
Criterion-referenced tests.
Norm-referenced tests.
371.26 POP