Handbook on Testing by Ronna F. Dillon (English) Hardcover Book

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Examples of programs linking testing with training are also provided, and the use of tests to promote learning is described.Researchers in the field of testing have witnessed recent significant changes in test development and test administration procedures.

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The Handbook on Testing highlights major work in educational, psychological, technical, and occupational testing in public and private sectors. Theoretical issues in measurement are discussed. Standards for tests and testing professionals are described. In addition, a range of test environments, testing programs, and groups of examinees are included. A variety of suggestions for improving the use of tests for selection and classification are given. Examples of programs linking testing with training are also provided, and the use of tests to promote learning is described.Researchers in the field of testing have witnessed recent significant changes in test development and test administration procedures. The motivation for such changes lies in revised conceptions of intelligence as well as modifications in testing technologies. The Handbook on Testing is the largest treatise in testing and contains among the most important testing work, including new undertakings on a range of test administration methods, types of abilities, and measures taken from tests. Issues of test theory and standards are discussed. New work in intelligence testing is also included. In addition, the mechanisms and use of dynamic assessment and learning tests are considered. Several large-scale testing programs are reviewed, including predictor and criterion development work in the military, private sector employment testing, and testing for admission to medical school. The link between assessment and instruction is highlighted in several chapters, including coverage in special education testing.

Author Biography

RONNA F. DILLON is Professor of Educational Psychology and Psychology at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. She is the author of more than 200 articles and book chapters and eight books which include Instruction (Praeger, 1991) and Testing (Praeger, 1989).

Table of Contents

PrefaceA New Era in Testing by Ronna F. DillonMeasurement Principles for the New Generation of Tests: A Quiet Revolution by Susan E. EmbretsonStandards for Educational and Psychological Tests and Testing Professionals by Ruth B. Ekstrom, Patricia B. Elmore, and William D. SchaferWhat Makes an Aptitude Test Valid? by Malcolm J. Ree and Thomas R. CarrettaThe History of Intelligence Testing in Context: The Impact of Personal, Religious, and Scientific Beliefs on the Development of Theories and Tests of Human Abilities by David LohmanAbility Profiles by Jan-Eric Gustafsson and Richard E. SnowIntelligence Revised: The Planning, Attention, Simultaneous, Successive (PASS) Cognitive Processing Theory by Jack A. Naglieri and J. P. DasDynamic Testing by Ronna F. DillonArmy Alpha to CAT-ASVAB: Four-Score Years of Military Personnel Selection and Classification Testing by Brian K. WatersThe Use of Computerized Adaptive Testing in the Military by Kathleen E. Moreno, Daniel O. Segall, and Rebecca HetterSteps Toward an Improved Pilot Selection Battery by William C. TirreCriterion Development in Project A by Lawrence HanserMedical School Admissions Testing by Judith A. Koenig and Andrew WileyAssessment of Individuals with Disabilities: Educational Utility or Social Futility? by Sidney R. Miller and Pamela F. MillerEmployment Testing in Private Industry by Wanda J. Campbell and David J. KleinkeUsing Tests to Promote Classroom Learning by Frank N. DempsterSmart Testing by Patrick C. KyllonenReferences

Review

?[T]his volume contains a collection of chapters that signal the future of testing in the general domain of intellectual abilities, rather than simply a review of the status quo. The quality of writing across chapters is very good and a subject matter that can be quite complex is communicated at a level appropriate for any counseling, school, industrial, or educational psychologist involved with testing....this volume would be a valuable addition to the library of anyone seriously interested in the testing of intellectual abilities.?-Contemporary Psychology"ÝT¨his volume contains a collection of chapters that signal the future of testing in the general domain of intellectual abilities, rather than simply a review of the status quo. The quality of writing across chapters is very good and a subject matter that can be quite complex is communicated at a level appropriate for any counseling, school, industrial, or educational psychologist involved with testing....this volume would be a valuable addition to the library of anyone seriously interested in the testing of intellectual abilities."-Contemporary Psychology"[T]his volume contains a collection of chapters that signal the future of testing in the general domain of intellectual abilities, rather than simply a review of the status quo. The quality of writing across chapters is very good and a subject matter that can be quite complex is communicated at a level appropriate for any counseling, school, industrial, or educational psychologist involved with testing....this volume would be a valuable addition to the library of anyone seriously interested in the testing of intellectual abilities."-Contemporary Psychology

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The first large-scale volume on educational, psychological, and occupational testing, this book provides the latest ideas, issues, and research across a broad range of settings.

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The Handbook on Testing highlights major work in educational, psychological, technical, and occupational testing in public and private sectors. Theoretical issues in measurement are discussed. Standards for tests and testing professionals are described. In addition, a range of test environments, testing programs, and groups of examinees are included. A variety of suggestions for improving the use of tests for selection and classification are given. Examples of programs linking testing with training are also provided, and the use of tests to promote learning is described. Researchers in the field of testing have witnessed recent significant changes in test development and test administration procedures. The motivation for such changes lies in revised conceptions of intelligence as well as modifications in testing technologies. The Handbook on Testing is the largest treatise in testing and contains among the most important testing work, including new undertakings on a range of test administration methods, types of abilities, and measures taken from tests. Issues of test theory and standards are discussed. New work in intelligence testing is also included. In addition, the mechanisms and use of dynamic assessment and learning tests are considered. Several large-scale testing programs are reviewed, including predictor and criterion development work in the military, private sector employment testing, and testing for admission to medical school. The link between assessment and instruction is highlighted in several chapters, including coverage in special education testing.

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"[T]his volume contains a collection of chapters that signal the future of testing in the general domain of intellectual abilities, rather than simply a review of the status quo. The quality of writing across chapters is very good and a subject matter that can be quite complex is communicated at a level appropriate for any counseling, school, industrial, or educational psychologist involved with testing....this volume would be a valuable addition to the library of anyone seriously interested in the testing of intellectual abilities." Contemporary Psychology

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The first large-scale volume on educational, psychological, and occupational testing, this book provides the latest ideas, issues, and research across a broad range of settings.

Details ISBN0313289840 Year 1997 ISBN-10 0313289840 ISBN-13 9780313289842 Format Hardcover Imprint Greenwood Press Country of Publication United States Edited by Ronna F. Dillon DEWEY 150.287 Short Title HANDBK ON TESTING Language English Media Book Place of Publication Westport Publication Date 1997-11-20 Author Ronna F. Dillon Pages 400 Illustrations black & white illustrations DOI 10.1604/9780313289842 UK Release Date 1997-11-20 NZ Release Date 1997-11-20 US Release Date 1997-11-20 Audience Age 7-17 Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Audience Undergraduate AU Release Date 1997-11-19 We've got this

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