TY - BOOK AU - Nichols, Paul D. Etal ; TI - Cognitively diagnostic assessment SN - 9780805815894 U1 - 153.93 NIC PY - 1994/// CY - New York : PB - Routledge KW - Cognition KW - Testing KW - Congresses KW - Psychometrics KW - Congresses N1 - include reference and index N2 - During the past two or three decades, research in cognitive science and psychology has yielded an improved understanding of the fundamental psychological nature of knowledge and cognitive skills that psychological testing attempts to measure. These theories have reached sufficient maturity, making it reasonable to look upon them to provide a sound theoretical foundation for assessment, particulary for the content of assessments. This fact, combined with much discontentedness over current testing practices, has inspired efforts to bring testing and cognitive theory together to create a new theo ER -