Educational Testing and Measurement: Classroom Application and Practice

While grasping testing and measurement concepts can sometimes seem daunting, the new Ninth Edition of Kubiszyn and Borich's Educational Testing and Measurement: Classroom Application and Practice continues to present content in a reader-friendly, jargon-free manner. Through its conversational style, the authors keep the needs of their primary audience - classroom teachers - fully in mind, while also providing sufficient information to enable interested readers to grasp the theory behind various assessment strategies and testing procedures.
This edition includes a new chapter that introduces the response-to-intervention (RTI) approach to formative assessment and intervention in the regular classroom that is being adopted in schools across the nation; and up-to-date and balanced coverage of No Child Left Behind (NCLB), high-stakes testing, and the complexities and controversies of the Individuals with Disabilities Educational Improvement Act (IDEIA).
All new chapter (Chapter 3) devoted entirely to RTI and its related components, controversies, and implications.
New section added to Chapter 1 introduces readers to various types of tests, providing background before diving into detail in the chapters that follow.
Expanded and reorganized discussion of the five major factors that can affect the usefulness of test results.
New section in Chapter 1 highlights die ways NCLB and IDEIA have stimulated general and special education reform, and how IDEIA requirements now apply to all students.
Updated data in Chapter 2 reflects recent developments in the high-stakes testing arena over the last several years.
In keeping with the success of previous editions, each chaptercloses with a step-by-step summary that identifies important chapter concepts.