Handbook of Test Security
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| Rating | : | 4.28 (636 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0415816548 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 376 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-05-18 |
| Language | : | English |
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Licensure and certification agencies in the professions (medicine, nursing, law) will eagerly await this volume."- Steven M. Rudner, Graduate Management Admission Council, USA"A book such as this …scholarly but with practical recommendations is much needed in our field. Geisinger, The University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA"Security is vital to fair and valid testing. Downing, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA . I see test publishers buying this to improve their work." - Lawrence M. It is a must for all testing professionals." Kurt F. The Handbook of Test Security brings attention to the integrity of test scores and reflects the critical importance of this topic in a timely, comprehensive, and authoritative way."- Gregory J. Cizek, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
Comprehensive but poorly edited I bought this book specifically because of the article about group cheating, a subject scarcely discussed in the technical literature. The article about it is ok, but something very annoying became obvious about the way the whole book was visually organized.As the book addresses many subareas, each article is at the same time kind of
from Teachers College, Columbia University. with honors in Psychology from the University of California at Davis, and a M.S. He currently sits on the Board of Directors for the National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME), and is very active in the American Educational Research Association (AERA), the Measurement Services Special Interest Group of AERA, the Association of Test Publishers (ATP), and the National College Testing Association (NCTA). Fre
As such, the incentive to cheat is high. Part III examines actual examples of cheating-- how the cheating was done, how it was detected, and the lessons learned. Part III provides insight into security issues within each of the Association of Test Publishers’ four divisions: certification/licensure, clinical, educational, and industrial/organizational testing. Part III’s conclusion revisits the issues addressed in the case studies and identifies common themes. Intended for organizations, professionals, educators, policy makers, researchers, and advanced students that design, develop, or use high stakes tests, this book is also ideal for graduate level courses on test development, educational measurement, or educational policy.. High stakes tests are the gatekeep