Book description
Criterion-Referenced Test Development
is designed specifically for training professionals who need to better
understand how to develop criterion-referenced tests (CRTs). This
important resource offers step-by-step guidance for how to make and
defend Level 2 testing decisions, how to write test questions and
performance scales that match jobs, and how to show that those certified
as ?masters? are truly masters. A comprehensive guide to the development
and use of CRTs, the book provides information about a variety of
topics, including different methods of test interpretations, test
construction, item formats, test scoring, reliability and validation
methods, test administration, a score reporting, as well as the legal
and liability issues surrounding testing. New revisions include:
- Illustrative real-world examples.
- Issues of test security.
- Advice on the use of test creation software.
- Expanded sections on performance testing.
- Single administration techniques for calculating reliability.
- Updated legal and compliance guidelines.
Order the third edition of this classic and comprehensive reference
guide to the theory and practice of organizational tests today.
Sharon Shrock is professor of Instructional Design
and Technology at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, where she
coordinates graduate programs in ID/IT. She is the former co-director
of the Hewlett-Packard World Wide?Test Development Center. She is a
past president of the Association for Educational Communications and
Technology's Division of Instructional Development and has served on
the editorial boards of most of the major academic journals in the
instructional design field.
Bill Coscarelli is professor in the Instructional Design
specialization at Southern Illinois University Carbondale's department
of Curriculum & Instruction and the former co-director of the
Hewlett-Packard World Wide?Test Development Center. Bill has been
elected as president of the International Society for Performance
Improvement and the Association for Educational Communications and
Technology's Division for Instructional Development. He was the
founding editor of Performance Improvement Quarterly and ISPI's
first vice-president of Publications.
