"Standard Setting: A Guide to Establishing and Evaluating
Performance Standards on Tests is a well-timed text, given the
legislated requirement of performance standards in our K-12
educational system, as well as the continued need in the process of
credentialing professionals. This book would be useful to
individuals retained to produce or coordinate standard-setting
activites." -PSYCCRITIQUES In Standard Setting: A Guide to
Establishing and Evaluating Performance Standards on Tests, authors
Gregory J. Cizek and Michael B. Bunch provide the only "go-to"
reference on how to set standards on tests in education, licensure,
and certification. This book is comprehensive in scope, practical
in nature, and definitive in terms of cataloguing the essential
conceptual and procedural fundamentals of setting performance
standards. Key Features: Offers a detailed description of
procedures: In a practical, straightforward, and virtually
jargon-free style, this book begins with important foundational and
conceptual information about standard setting followed by
step-by-step procedures for all currently used methods, including
Angoff, Item Mapping, Analystic Judgment, etc. In addition, a full
chapter is devoted to future issues and research in standard
setting. Enables readers to design, implement, and evaluate a
standard setting study: Using this book, readers will be able to:
select an appropriate standard setting method; schedule and plan
implementation; identify and train qualified standard-setting
participants; conduct the standard setting meeting; calculate one
or more cut scores; and evaluate the success of the procedure they
have implemented. Allows readers to adapt written materials to
their situation: Examples are provided in widely available formats
such as Excel, SPSS, .pdf and Word files so readers do not have to
purchase specialized software or learn to use unfamiliar packages.
The book includes downloadable forms, sample correspondence,
checklists, data sets, and analytical software for performing
calculations required for various standard setting procedures.
Intended Audience: This is an excellent supplementary textbook for
graduate courses such as Applied Measurement in Education;
Psychometric Theory; Advanced Educational Measurement; Special
Topics in Measurement and Evaluation; Seminar in Educational and
Psychological Measurement in the departments of Educational
Psychology, Measurement and Evaluation, Psychology, and others.
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
Welcome to Loot.co.za!
Sign in / Register |Wishlists & Gift Vouchers |Help | Advanced search
(1)
