This edition continues Sax's tradition of comprehensive and comprehensible coverage of testing and measurement principles while including the most recent theory and research.

* Surveys topics in measurement and evaluation for education students in Education or Psychology departments.* Helps students understand the relevance of the subject by examining implications, assumptions and effects of testing and assessment.* Presumes no mathematic sophistication--conceptual formulas are presented with explanations and examples.* Covers teacher-made and standardized tests; and the relationship of measurement principles to objectives.

"Prepared by the Joint Committee on Standards for Educatioanl and Psychological Testing of the American Educational Research Association, American Psychological Association and National Council on Measurement in Education"--T.p. verso.

* Surveys topics in measurement and evaluation for education students in Education or Psychology departments..* Helps students understand the relevance of the subject by examining implications, assumptions and effects of testing and assessment..* Presumes no mathematic sophistication--conceptual formulas are presented with explanations and examples..* Covers teacher-made and standardized tests; and the relationship of measurement principles to objectives..

This book examines not only the assessment of student learning but the assessment of institutions, the programmes they offer, and the teaching they provide. It describes in detail the significant developments that have taken place over the last decade in the field, and clarifies the different meanings of the term assessment that are now in use.

Provides examples of good and poor test items to help the reader prepare better tests. Discusses other teacher-made evaluation procedures such as performance assessments and rating scales. Reviews a variety of standardized tests.