Test Construction in the 1990s: Recent Approaches Every Psychologist Should Know.

Reckase, Mark D.

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ERIC Number: EJ542104

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1996

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Test Construction in the 1990s: Recent Approaches Every Psychologist Should Know.

Reckase, Mark D.

Psychological Assessment, v8 n4 p354-59 Dec 1996

Summarizes the current state of the art in test construction and contrasts it with previous conceptual models, some of which are wrong or misleading. New methodologies for item selection and review are presented, with current thinking on the specification of technical characteristics of tests. (Author/SLD)

Descriptors: Mathematical Models, Psychological Testing, Selection, State of the Art Reviews, Test Construction, Test Items, Test Theory

Publication Type: Information Analyses; Reports - Evaluative; Speeches/Meeting Papers; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Note: Special section titled "What Every Psychologist Should Know about Assessment." A version of this article was presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association (New York, NY, August 1995).