Summary
Contents
A book which summarizes many of the recent advances in the theory and practice of achievement testing, in the light of technological developments, and developments in psychometric and psychological theory. It provides an introduction to the two major psychometric models, item response theory and generalizability theory, and assesses their strengths for different applications. The book closes with some speculations about the future of achievement tests for the assessment of individuals, as well as monitoring of educational progress
Conceptualizing and Creating the Universe of Items
Conceptualizing and Creating the Universe of Items
A logical prerequisite to the generation of items is conceptualizing them in terms of the instructional program. Shoemaker (1975), for example, has argued that there must be an isomorphism between the instructional program and the items associated with it. That is, the knowledge ...