Book review: Steven M. Downing and Thomas M. Haladyna (Eds.) (2006). Handbook of test development. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum. 778 pp. $99.95 (paperback). ISBN 0—8058—5264—6

Book review: Steven M. Downing and Thomas M. Haladyna (Eds.) (2006). Handbook of test development. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum. 778 pp. $99.95 (paperback). ISBN 0—8058—5264—6

Two recurrent elements are at the core of this discussion. Besides reinforcing the strong connection and easy flow between the chapters, these two elements are the underlying skeleton of the book. [...]in Standard Setting, Gregory Cizek argues for a validation process for setting standards or establ...

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Published in:Language Testing 2008, Vol.25 (3), p.419-427
Main Author: ElAtia, Samira
Format: Review
Language:eng
Subjects:
Ability tests
Achievement tests
Adaptive Testing
Associations
Councils
Educational research
Handbooks
Language
Language Tests
No Child Left Behind Act 2001-US
Researchers
Test Construction
Validity
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Summary:Two recurrent elements are at the core of this discussion. Besides reinforcing the strong connection and easy flow between the chapters, these two elements are the underlying skeleton of the book. [...]in Standard Setting, Gregory Cizek argues for a validation process for setting standards or establishing cut scores. After reviewing the different practices of setting item difficulty, they conclude that these practices are subjective and most of the time done by unqualified people. [...]they present the anchor-based methods as an alternative to estimating item difficulty in a more objective and non-arbitrary way. [...]the testing community from around the world works on the same issues and questions since knowledge is easily accessible to the worldwide community.
ISSN:0265-5322
1477-0946