Robert L. Linn Libri

For a basic Test and Measurement course. The market leader, this popular text introduces future teachers to those elements of measurement and assessment essential to good teaching. Its straightforward treatment is predicated on the authors' belief that evaluation of learning plays a pivotal role in the instructional process and that its effectiveness depends on a teacher's ability to construct and select valid evaluation instruments. Written with the introductory student in mind, it assumes no prior knowledge of statistics, and uses illustrative examples generously to explain and expand upon topics.

Initial discussion and planning for the preparation of the third edition of Educational Measurement began independently at the two sponsoring organizations in late 1982. The discussion at the American Council of Education was initiated by Douglas R. Whitney. The decision to prepare a third edition was based on the belief that there had been substantial changes in the field of measurement since the publication of the second edition in 1971. The professional association of researchers and practitioners in educational measurement (NCME) and the nation's comprehensive association of colleges and universities (ACE) have cooperated to produce this volume