This work examines both the processes and issues involved in developing and running large-scale assessment programmes. Topics include development of assessments, implementation of assessments and analysis of assessments.
This book is divided into three sections: The first is concerned with the historical and epistemological bases of validity, as well as current and future issues. Section II, The "Changing Faces of Validity," discusses the potential impact that developments in cognitive psycholog…
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-ch…
Biointeractions of nanomaterials
"The purpose of this book is to focus on the biointeraction of nanomaterials, an area that has not been previously addressed in detail. It also covers various techniques and tests that have been developed to evaluate the toxicity of materials at the nano level. The interactions …
"Statistical significance," a technique that dominates medicine, economics, psychology, and many other scientific fields, has been a huge mistake. The outcome is a case study in bad science - how it originates and how it grows. These sciences, from agronomy to zoology, the autho…
"Addressed to those who are left stranded by speculative thinking and unhinged by cognitive discourse, The Test Drive, organized around Nietzsche's interpretation of physics, points to a toxic residue of uninterrogated policies associated with scientific probes that continue to …
Language Testing Reconsidered
This book offers an extensive study on the fatigue of materials and structural components of engineering systems. The core of Mechanics of Fatigue builds upon the synthesis of micro- and macro-mechanics of fracture. Mechanics of Fatigue addresses the range of topics concerning d…
Schools nationwide are transitioning to the Common Core--our advice to you: Don't go it alone! Our new book, "Common Core Literacy Lesson Plans: Ready-to-Use Resources, 6-8," shows you that teaching the Common Core State Standards in the middle grades doesn't have to be intimida…
Offers the information necessary to develop skills for assessing an individual's health-related physical fitness. This book provides a practical 'how-to-do-it' approach for performing assessment skills effectively, and an understanding of the theory behind and the importance of …
