Testing in the Professions - Credentialing Policies and Practice

Testing in the Professions focuses on current practices in credentialing testing as a guide for practitioners working in educational settings.

List of contents

Preface
Acknowledgements
1. Credentialing: A continuum of measurement theories, policies, and practices
Chad W. Buckendahl
2. A Validation Framework for Credentialing Tests
Michael T. Kane, Brian E. Clauser, and Joanne Kane
3. Test Design: Laying out the Roadmap
Susan Davis-Becker and Timothy J. Muckle
4. Specifying the Content of Credentialing Examinations
Amanda Clauser and Mark Raymond
5. Content Development and Review
Cynthia Parshall and Belinda Brunner
6. Estimating, Interpreting, and Maintaining the Meaning of Test Scores
Walter D. Way and Kathleen Gialluca
7. Data and Scale Analysis for Credentialing Examinations
Richard M. Luecht
8. Communication with Candidates and Other Stakeholders
Ellen R. Julian and Brian Bontempo
9. Security Issues in Professional Certification/Licensure Testing
James A. Wollack and Gregory J. Cizek
10. Using Standards to Evaluate Credentialing Programs
Lawrence J. Fabrey
12. Legal Issues for Credentialing Examination Programs
S.E. Phillips

About the author

Susan Davis-Becker is a Partner with ACS Ventures, LLC, USA.
Chad W. Buckendahl is a Partner with ACS Ventures, LLC, USA.

Summary

Testing in the Professions focuses on current practices in credentialing testing as a guide for practitioners working in educational settings.

Product details

• Authors: Chad W. Davis-Becker Buckendahl, Susan (Alpine Testing Solutions Davis-Becker, Susan Buckendahl Davis-Becker
• Assisted by: Chad W Buckendahl (Editor), Chad W. Buckendahl (Editor), Buckendahl Chad W. (Editor), Susan Davis-Becker (Editor), Davis-Becker Susan (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2016
• EAN: 9781138806443
• ISBN: 978-1-138-80644-3
• No. of pages: 308
• Series: NCME APPLICATIONS OF EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT AND ASSESSMENT
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; EDUCATION / Testing & Measurement, EDUCATION / Evaluation & Assessment, PSYCHOLOGY / Assessment, Testing & Measurement, Psychological testing & measurement, Psychological testing and measurement, Education: examinations and assessment, Examinations & assessment