PART I: THE BASICS 1. Why Measurement? An Introduction 2. Levels of Measurement and Their Importance: One Potato, Two Potatoes 3. Reliability and Its Importance: Getting it Right Every Time 4. Validity and Its Importance: The Truth, the Whole Truth, and Nothing but the Truth 5. Percentages, Percentiles and Probabilities: Are You Hufflepuff or Ravenclaw? 6. Item Response Theory: The "New" Kid on the Block PART II: TYPES OF TESTS 7. Achievement Tests: Is Life a Multiple-Choice Test? 8. Aptitude Tests: What's in Store for Me? 9. Intelligence Tests: Am I Smarter Than My Smart Phone? 10. Personality and Neuropsychology Tests: It's Not You, It's Me 11. Career Choices: Have We Got a Job For You! PART III: CLASSROOM ASSESSMENT 12. Picking the Right Answer: Choose Your Own Destiny 13. Building the Right Answer: Construction Work Ahead PART IV: RESEARCHER-MADE INSTRUMENTS 14. Surveys and Scale Development: What Are They Thinking? PART V: FAIR TESTING 15. Truth and Justice for All: Test Bias and Universal Design 16. Laws, Ethics and Standards: The Professional Practice of Tests and Measurement
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