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Zusatztext "Test security is now widely recognized as a fundamental aspect of ensuring the validity and defensibility of scores on tests in education! licensure! and certification. The Handbook of Test Security brings attention to the integrity of test scores and reflects the critical importance of this topic in a timely! comprehensive! and authoritative way."- Gregory J. Cizek! University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill! USA"This Handbook provides insights into the nature and importance of test security! some techniques to avoid test taker dishonesty! and statistical and other formulations for catching it. It is a must for all testing professionals." Kurt F. Geisinger! The University of Nebraska-Lincoln! USA"Security is vital to fair and valid testing. Finally there is a handbook that will be a reference for all aspects of test security! at home and abroad. Written and edited by the leading experts in the world." - Marten Roorda! CEO Cito! the Netherlands"This book will make a significant contribution to the literature and hopefully to practice. .... [It] addresses an ... important need in the testing industry. ...This is a practical book offering insights from those that are either involved with security or have written about the field. ... I see test publishers buying this to improve their work." - Lawrence M. Rudner! Graduate Management Admission Council! USA"A book such as this ?scholarly but ... with practical recommendations ... is much needed in our field. ? All testing agencies ... will need this handbook. Licensure and certification agencies in the professions (medicine! nursing! law) ... will eagerly await this volume."- Steven M. Downing! University of Illinois at Chicago! USA Informationen zum Autor James A. Wollack is an Associate Professor of Educational Psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he serves as the Director of Testing & Evaluation Services and the University of Wisconsin Center for Placement Testing, and as the Research Director for the General Education Assessment. Wollack has published numerous journal articles and book chapters and is a frequent presenter at national conferences on topics such as detection of answer copying, test security, score scale stability, test construction, and test speededness, including having co-authored the chapter on test administration, security, scoring, and reporting for the 4th edition of Educational Measurement. Wollack frequently serves as a consultant or expert witness on cases involving suspected cheating on high-stakes exams, and has presided over many cases of alleged student academic misconduct at the University of Wisconsin. He currently sits on the Board of Directors for the National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME), and is very active in the American Educational Research Association (AERA), the Measurement Services Special Interest Group of AERA, the Association of Test Publishers (ATP), and the National College Testing Association (NCTA). Wollack earned a B. S. with honors in Psychology from the University of California at Davis, and a M.S. and Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. John J. Fremer is currently President, Caveon Consulting Services, and a Founder of Caveon Test Security, a company that helps prevent and detect test fraud, including cheating and test piracy. Fremer has held management level positions in test and test program development at Educational Testing Service and The Psychological Corporation/Harcourt. Fremer is a Past President of the National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME) and a former editor of the NCME journal Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice. Fremer also served as President of the Association of Test Publishers (ATP) and the Association for Assessment in Counseling (AAC). He was co-chair of the Joint Committee on Testing Practices (JCTP) and of the JCTP work group that develop...
