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Construction versus choice in cognitive measurement : issues in constructed response, performance testing, and portfolio assessment

Title
Construction versus choice in cognitive measurement : issues in constructed response, performance testing, and portfolio assessment / edited by Randy Elliot Bennett, William C. Ward.
Format
Book
Published
Hillsdale, N.J. : L. Erlbaum Associates, 1993.
Description
xi, 339 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Other contributors
Bennett, Randy Elliot, 1952- Ward, William C., 1939-
Notes
Contains papers from a conference sponsored by Educational Testing Service, held in Princeton, N.J., in November 1990. Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents
  • On the meanings of constructed response / R.E. Bennett
  • On the equivalence of the traits assessed by multiple-choice and constructed-response tests / R.E. Traub
  • Construct validity and constructed-response tests / R.E. Snow
  • Trait equivalence as construct validity of score interpretation across multiple methods of measurement / S. Messick
  • A framework for studying differences between multiple-choice and free-response test items / R.J. Mislevy
  • Item construction and psychometric models appropriate for constructed responses / K.K. Tatsuoka
  • Constructed response and differential item functioning: A pragmatic approach / N.J. Dorans and A.P. Schmitt
  • Item formats for assessment in mathematics / J. Braswell and J. Kupin
  • The place of portfolios in our changing views of writing assessment / R. Camp
  • (cont.) Assessment as an episode of learning / D.P. Wolf
  • Performance assessment and educational measurement / D.H. Gitomer
  • Innovation and reform: examples from teacher assessment / C.A. Dwyer
  • The federal role in standardized testing / T.W. Hartle and P.A. Battaglia
  • The politics of multiple-choice versus free-response assessment / S.P. Robinson.
Subject headings
Educational tests and measurements--United States--Evaluation--Congresses Examinations--United States--Design and construction--Congresses Examinations--Validity--United States--Congresses
ISBN
0805809643 (acid-free paper)

Holdings

Library
Indpls - IUPUI University Library
Call Number
LB3050.5 .C66 1993
Location
Stacks
Floor
3rd Floor
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