From the Preface. This is a book about educational measurement - but that obviously includes educational testing as well. I had some fairly specific guidelines in mind during the time of composition. See if some of these are what you have in mind when you consider the topic: Most education students learn about educational measurement not because it will be a life work, but rather, because these concepts are useful (necessary even!) in much educational decision making. Thus, the book should be directed toward this group ...
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From the Preface. This is a book about educational measurement - but that obviously includes educational testing as well. I had some fairly specific guidelines in mind during the time of composition. See if some of these are what you have in mind when you consider the topic: Most education students learn about educational measurement not because it will be a life work, but rather, because these concepts are useful (necessary even!) in much educational decision making. Thus, the book should be directed toward this group of pre-service teachers, counselors, administrators, and not be narrowly conceived as a first course for future specialists in the field of educational measurement. A book directed at the practitioners can be used for future specialists; but a book directed toward the specialists is probably more appropriate for the generalist. A survey of the contents will show which topics have received more coverage than one usually finds in a beginning measurement text, as well as some topics which have much reduced coverage herein. Both changes in emphasis were made in light of the goal of making the book as practical and as useful as possible. The book has a heavy emphasis on setting objectives and you will find a thorough discussion of the reverse side of the objectives- setting movement. It is long on practical hints and cautionary notes to users, and short on history, theory, and difficult computations. The discussion of standardized tests focuses on uses and misuses - not on selection....
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