What Does the Psychometrician's Classroom Look Like?: Reframing Assessment Concepts in the Context of Learning.

Taylor, Catherine S.; Nolen, Susan Bobbitt

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ERIC Number: EJ568160

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Publication Date: 1996

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What Does the Psychometrician's Classroom Look Like?: Reframing Assessment Concepts in the Context of Learning.

Taylor, Catherine S.; Nolen, Susan Bobbitt

Education Policy Analysis Archives, v4 n17 p1-35 Nov 1996

The usefulness of traditional concepts of validity and reliability, developed for large-scale assessments, for the classroom context is explored. Alternate frameworks that situate these constructs in teachers' work in classrooms are presented, and their use in an assessment course for preservice teachers is described. (SLD)

Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Learning, Models, Preservice Teachers, Psychometrics, Teacher Education, Teacher Made Tests, Test Reliability, Test Use, Test Validity, Testing Programs

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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