The Seventh Edition of Educational Testing and Measurement retains the jargon-free, reader-friendly, conversational found in earlier editions, and includes:     * Updated information on the rapidly changing, and increasingly important field of educational testing.     * Key measurement information about the construction of teacher-made tests and other classroom measurement procedures.     * Guidelines for the administration and interpretation of standardized tests.     * Provides descriptive statistics and basic psychometric theory.     * Recent developments in the personal computer arena that affect classroom measurement.     * Provides a math skills review designed to help teachers brush up on the math necessary to interpret test results.     * Offers real life scenarios and dialogues of teachers dealing with parents, other teachers, administrators, counselors, and students Table of Contents Preface. An Introduction to Contemporary Educational Testing and Measurement. "High-Stakes" Testing. The Purpose of Testing. Norm- and Criterion-Referenced Tests and Content Validity Evidence. Measuring Learning Outcomes. Writing Objective Test Items. Writing Essay Test Items. Performance-Based Assessment. Portfolio Assessment. Administering, Analyzing, and Improving the Test. Marks and Marking Systems. Summarizing Data and Measures of Central Tendency. Variability, the Normal Distribution, and Converted Scores. Correlation. Validity. Reliability. Accuracy and Error. Standardized Tests. Types of Standardized Tests. Testing and Assessing Children with Disabilities in the Regular Classroom. Assessing Special Learners in Regular Education Classrooms. In the Classroom: A Summary Dialogue. Appendix A: Math Skills Review. Appendix B: Pearson Product-Moment Correlation. Appendix C: Statistics and Measurement Texts. Appendix D: Answers for Practice Questions. Suggested Readings. References. Credits. Index.