Handbook of Test Development, 2nd Edition

The second edition of the Handbook of Test Development provides graduate students and professionals with an up-to-date, research-oriented guide to the latest developments in the field. Including thirty-two chapters by well-known scholars and practitioners, it is divided into five sections, covering the foundations of test development, content definition, item development, test design and form assembly, and the processes of test administration, documentation, and evaluation. Keenly aware of developments in the field since the publication of the first edition, including changes in technology, the evolution of psychometric theory, and the increased demands for effective tests via educational policy, the editors of this edition include new chapters on assessing noncognitive skills, measuring growth and learning progressions, automated item generation and test assembly, and computerized scoring of constructed responses. The volume also includes expanded coverage of performance testing, validity, fairness, and numerous other topics.

Edited by Suzanne Lane, Mark R. Raymond, and Thomas M. Haladyna, The Handbook of Test Development, 2^nd edition, is based on the revised Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing, and is appropriate for graduate courses and seminars that deal with test development and usage, professional testing services and credentialing agencies, state and local boards of education, and academic libraries serving these groups.

Table of Contents

PART I Foundations
Chapter 1 Test Development Process
Chapter 2 Test Design And Development Following The Standards For Educational And Psychological Testing
Chapter 3 Evidence-Centered Design
Chapter 4 Validation Strategies: Delineating And Validating Proposed Interpretations And Uses Of Test Scores
Chapter 5 Developing Fair Tests
Chapter 6 Contracting For Testing Services

PART II Content
Chapter 7 Determining Content And Cognitive Demand For Achievement Tests
Chapter 8 Job Analysis, Practice Analysis And The Content Of Credentialing Examinations
Chapter 9 Learning Progressions As A Guide For Design: Recommendations Based On Observations From A Mathematics Assessment
Chapter 10 Designing Tests To Measure Personal Attributes And Noncognitive Skills
Chapter 11 Setting Performance Standards On Tests

PART III Item Development and Scoring
Chapter 12 Web-Based Item Development And Banking
Chapter 13 Selected-Response Item Development
Chapter 14 Design Of Performance Assessments In Education
Chapter 15 Using Performance Tasks In Credentialing Tests
Chapter 16 Computerized Innovative Item Formats: Achievement And Credentialing
Chapter 17 Recent Innovations In Machine Scoring Of Student- And Test Taker–Written And –Spoken Responses
Chapter 18 Language Issues In Item Development
Chapter 19 Item And Test Design Considerations For Students With Special Needs
Chapter 20 Item Analysis For Selected-Response Test Items
Chapter 21 Automatic Item Generation

PART IV Test Design and Assembly
Chapter 22 Practical Issues In Designing And Maintaining Multiple Test Forms
Chapter 23 Vertical Scales
Chapter 24 Designing Computerized Adaptive Tests
Chapter 25 Applications Of Item Response Theory: Item And Test Information Functions For Designing And Building Mastery Tests
Chapter 26 Optimal Test Assembly

PART V Production, Preparation, Administration, Reporting, Documentation and Evaluation
Chapter 27 Test Production
Chapter 28 Preparing Examinees For Test Taking: Guidelines For Test Developers
Chapter 29 Test Administration
Chapter 30 A Model And Good Practices For Score Reporting
Chapter 31 Documentation To Support Test Score Interpretation And Use
Chapter 32 Test Evaluation