- Measurement
This is a discussion of measurement principles.
- Bloom’s Taxonomy
A description of Bloom’s Taxonomy of Educational Objectives.
- Test Locator
Buros Institute of Mental Measurements
- ETS Test Locator
Access to the ETS Test Collection.
- Measurement Validity and Reliability
This is the menu of a 45?page slide show on Measurement Validity and Reliability. You can click
on any topic on this page and it brings you to the slide.
- Types of Reliability and Validity
A test titled, “Types of Reliability and Validity”, with the answers attached. This would be a good
practice for students to make sure they know the terms.
- Reliabilty, Validity, and Fairness of Classroom Assessments
This is a summary of reliability, validity, and fairness issues produced by the North Central Regional Educational Lab.
- Content Validity
The title of this site is Content Validity, Face Validity, and Quantitative Face Validity. “The
purpose of this chapter is to discuss some of the issues involved in the definition and use of content validity from two very different perspectives.”
- Qualities of Good Measure
A site discusses validity and reliability issues.
- A Plethora of Threats
This site is a humorous - but relevant - discussion of construct validity.
- The Quality of Assessment
A chapter of a book on Assessment titled “The Quality of Assessment” which includes many of the same terms in Chapter 8.
- Why Standardized Tests Don't Measure Educational Quality
An article written by Jim Popham on standardized testing. There are a number of important components of this article that would be helpful to students.
- ERIC Digests
A brief paper describing the differences between CRT and NRT tests and explanations of the most appropriate uses of each.
- ERIC Digests
An article on performance?based assessments which includes the benefits and types of performance?based assessments.
- Attitude Scaling
A slide show presentation on attitude scales which includes a discussion of Likert, Thurstone, Semantic Differential, and Guttman scales.
- Measurement
A slide show on measurement.
- Composite Measures
A site explaining Composite Measures: Indexes, Scales, and Typologies.
- Types of Educational Measures
An outline of measurement topics including error, norm-referenced tests, standard scores, and scales.
- KanCRN: Research Paper Assessment Rubrics
This is a site that offers access to rubrics for assessing elementary and secondary student’s work on research projects. It reflects the work of the KanCRN project.
- EDFR 6700 Assessments
This is a portion of Jeffrey Oescher’s web site for an introductory educational research course using the McMillan and Schumacher text. This section is focused on all of the assessments used in the class, but the specific intent of the link is to examine the three tables of specifications.
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