Assessment Books

New and Published Books

1. Developing and Validating Test Items

   By Thomas M. Haladyna, Michael C. Rodriguez

   Since test items are the building blocks of any test, learning how to develop and validate test items has always been critical to the teaching-learning process. As they grow in importance and use, testing programs increasingly supplement the use of selected-response (multiple-choice) items with...

   Published April 7th 2013 by Routledge
2. Balancing Dilemmas in Assessment and Learning in Contemporary Education

   Edited by Anton Havnes, Liz McDowell

   Series: Routledge Research in Education

   This book focuses on dilemmas inherent in the practice of assessment in the contemporary context. New forms of assessment are being introduced in all sectors of education and training, and the culture of assessment is shifting. The authors in this volume discuss the practice of assessment,...

   Published March 20th 2013 by Routledge
3. Improving Large-Scale Assessment in Education

   Theory, Issues, and Practice

   Edited by Marielle Simon, Kadriye Ercikan, Michel Rousseau

   Large-scale assessments (LSAs) play a growing role in education policy decisions, accountability, and education planning worldwide. This book focuses on central issues that are key components of successful planning, development and implementation of LSAs. The book’s main distinction is its focus on...

   Published August 7th 2012 by Routledge
4. Automatic Item Generation

   Theory and Practice

   Edited by Mark J Gierl, Thomas M. Haladyna

   Automatic item generation (AIG) represents a relatively new and unique research area where specific cognitive and psychometric theories are applied to test construction practices for the purpose of producing test items using technology. The purpose of this book is to bring researchers and...

   Published August 6th 2012 by Routledge
5. Assessment for Learning in Higher Education

   By Kay Sambell, Liz McDowell, Catherine Montgomery

   "an invaluable guide for practitioners, quality assurors, university managers and students themselves who wish to better understand the importance of assessment for learning, and it will further scholarship in the field significantly." -Professor Sally Brown Assessment for Learning in Higher...

   Published July 29th 2012 by Routledge
6. Improving Teacher Education through Action Research

   Edited by Ming-Fai Hui, David L. Grossman

   Series: Routledge Research in Education

   There has been a dearth of studies on teacher educators using action research to improve their own practice. This book is the first systematic study of a group of teachers examining and enhancing their own practice through the inquiry process of action research. This book presents a broad overview...

   Published November 13th 2011 by Routledge
7. Approaches to Assessment that Enhance Learning in Higher Education

   Edited by Stylianos Hatzipanagos, Rebecca Rochon

   This book addresses the need to diversify mainstream forms of assessment currently used in Higher Education in order to re-establish the focus on the learning process. Making assessment central to student learning is about returning to what current research emphasises: the primary beneficiary of...

   Published August 10th 2011 by Routledge
8. Towards Fairer University Assessment

   Recognizing the Concerns of Students

   By Nerilee Flint, Bruce Johnson

   After all the hours of studying, reading and preparation, the nights spent revising and the writing and re-writing of assignments, ‘success’ for university students can often be represented with a single grade or digit, summing up a wide range of activities. The authors of this timely book ask how...

   Published November 30th 2010 by Routledge
9. Achieving Success through Academic Assertiveness

   Real life strategies for today's higher education students

   By Jennifer Moon

   Academic assertiveness is an essential capability that is required of students who wish to achieve academic and professional success. Written for students who are aiming to achieve college success, Achieving Success through Academic Assertiveness: Real life strategies for today's higher education...

   Published December 17th 2008 by Routledge
10. Online Social Networking on Campus

    Understanding What Matters in Student Culture

    By Ana M. Martínez-Alemán, Katherine Lynk Wartman

    In the era of such online spaces as Facebook, Instant Messenger, Live Journal, Blogger, Web Shots, and campus blogs, college students are using these resources and other online sites as a social medium. Inevitably, this medium presents students with ethical decisions about social propriety, self...

    Published November 23rd 2008 by Routledge