Evaluation and testing in nursing education

"The "gold standard" for evaluation and testing in nursing education, this revision helps educators measure and evaluate the level of learning that their students have achieved and presents fundamental concepts of what constitutes reliable tools and rubrics for measuring students' classroom and clinical performance. It describes how to develop a test blueprint and to assemble, administer, write, and score all types of tests and test questions, and analyze tests and test performance for both classroom and clinical evaluation. It includes guidelines for preventing cheating, and for conducting productive post-test discussions. The book offers strategies for evaluating higher cognitive levels of learning and for evaluating written assignments with sample scoring rubrics. The book explores important social, ethical, and legal issues associated with testing and evaluation"--Publisher's description

Part I. Basic concepts of assessment -- Assessment and the educational process -- Qualities of effective assessment procedures -- Part II. Testing and other assessment tools -- Planning for testing -- True-false and matching -- Multiple-choice and multiple-response -- Short-answer (fill-in-the-blank) and essay -- Assessment of higher level learning -- Test construction and preparation of students for licensure and certification examinations -- Assessment of written assignments -- Part III. Elements of test construction, administration, and analysis -- Assembling and administering tests -- Online testing and assessment of learning -- Scoring and analyzing tests -- Part IV. Clinical evaluation -- Clinical evaluation -- Clinical evaluation methods -- Part V. Issues related to testing, grading, and other evaluation concepts -- Social, ethical, and legal issues -- Interpreting test scores -- Grading -- Program assessment -- Appendices. Appendix A. Code of fair testing practices in education -- Appendix B. National League for Nursing Fair Testing Guidelines for Nursing Education -- Appendix C. Code of professional responsibilities in educational measurement -- Appendix D. Standards for …