Table of Contents

List of Figures

List of Tables

Preface, Steven M. Downing and Rachel Yudkowsky

Chapter-Specific Acknowledgments

1 Introduction to Assessment, Steven M. Downing and Rachel Yudkowsky

2 Validity, Steven M. Downing and Thomas M. Haladyna 3 Reliability, Rick D. Axelson and Clarence D. Kreiter

4 Generalizability Theory, Clarence D. Kreiter

5 Statistics of Testing, Steven M. Downing

6 Standard Setting, Rachel Yudkowsky, Steven M. Downing, and Ara Tekian

7 Written Tests: Constructed-Response and Selected-Response Formats, Steven M. Downing

8 Observational Assessment, William C. McGaghie, John Butter, and Marsha Kaye

9 Performance Tests, Rachel Yudkowsky

10 Simulations in Assessment, William C. McGaghie and S. Bary Issenberg

11 Oral Examinations, Ara Tekian and Rachel Yudkowsky

12 Assessment Portfolios, Ara Tekian and Rachel Yudkowsky

List of Contributors

Index