Educators' handbook on effective testing - Friedman, Myles I., 1924-2007. (Columbia, SC : Institute for Evidence-Based Decision-Making in Education, 2003)
User's guide -- Admission testing and decision making. College admission tests -- Admission to the education professsion: certification tests -- Early childhood admission tests -- Placement testing and decision-making. Placement tests -- Instructional prescription testing and decision-making. Reading tests -- Mathematics tests -- Spoken and written language tests -- Achievement certification testing and decision-making. Multi-skill academic achievement tests -- Individual-skill academic achievement tests -- Referral testing and decision-making. Observable manifestations and observational assessments -- Informal testing procedures -- Formal testing procedures using published tests -- Criteria for evaluating educational practices. Evidence-based criteria by area -- Standards as criteria.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Keywords: Educational tests and measurements -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Educational tests and measurements -- United States -- Handbooks, manuals, etc