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Test Development and Validation by Gary Skaggs frameworks for test development and validation, and guidance for developing tests in straightforward language in one core text. Covering the changes in testing, technical development of tests and determining validity of tests, this book offers clear explanations within a real-world context.
List of contents
Part 1: The Big Picture
Chapter 1: Measurement in the Social Sciences
Chapter 2: The Evolution of Validity
Chapter 3: Test Scaling and Scoring
Chapter 4: Classical Test Theory
Part 2: Test Development
Chapter 5: Frameworks for Test Development
Chapter 6: Test Specifications
Chapter 7: Item Writing and Scoring
Chapter 8: Pilot Testing and Item Analysis
Chapter 9: Introduction to Rasch Measurement Theory
Part 3: Validation
Chapter 10: Fairness, DIF, and Item Bias
Chapter 11: Dimensionality
Chapter 12: Standard Setting
Chapter 13: Validity Evidence and Validation Plans
Appendix A: Guide to Sample Data Sets
Appendix B: R Code for Analyses
About the author
Dr. Gary Skaggs is a Professor in the Educational Research and Evaluation Program at Virginia Tech. He teaches courses in test development and test theory as well as introductory and intermediate statistics. He is the author or co-author of 81 publications, including articles in peer-reviewed journals, papers in conference proceedings, book chapters, invited lectures, and professional conference papers/presentations. His research interests include test equating, differential item functioning, standard setting, and cognitive diagnostic models. Dr. Skaggs has served as a test and psychometric consultant to numerous professional organizations including the GED Testing Service, Maryland State Board of Education, National Board of Professional Teaching Standards, Carilion Clinic Department of Psychiatry, and the National Association of Secondary School Principals.
Summary
Test Development and Validation by Gary Skaggs frameworks for test development and validation, and guidance for developing tests in straightforward language in one core text. Covering the changes in testing, technical development of tests and determining validity of tests, this book offers clear explanations within a real-world context.
