TY - BOOK AU - Friedman,Myles I. TI - Educators' handbook on effective testing SN - 0966658825 AV - LB 3051 .E395 2003 PY - 2003/// CY - Columbia, SC PB - Institute for Evidence-Based Decision-Making in Education KW - Educational tests and measurements KW - Handbooks, manuals, etc KW - United States N1 - Includes bibliographical references and indexes; 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 ER -