A comprehensive resource for assessment practitioners, this book provides step-by-step guidance for developing, administering, scoring, and validating a range of performance tasks, including literacy and other types of proficiency assessments. The authors explore how to establish the purpose of the assessment and how to develop scoring tools, train raters, reduce rater bias, review scores and report results, and use item-level and test-level analyses to optimize reliability and validity. Clearly written and well organized, the book includes many practical examples and accessible explanations of concepts and statistical procedures. It encompasses the breadth of applications of performance assessment today, from educational testing and the credentialing of professionals to research and program evaluation.
User-friendly features include:
*Checklists of activities to complete at each stage of a performance assessment
*End-of-chapter questions to facilitate self-study
*Annotated suggestions for further reading
*A quick-reference glossary of terms
*Examples drawn from multiple educational and professional licensure contexts
Industry Reviews
"Each chapter concludes with a short list of additional readings and a series of exercises, both of which contribute to the book's utility for instructional purposes. Supplementing each chapter is a checklist of issues to address in the course of developing and administering a performance test. These checklists are true gems. They not only serve as a chapter review, but also provide practitioners with tools to facilitate their work in applied settings....The book is well organized and the prose engaging, making it a pleasure to read....The numerous examples and checklists provide readers with many practical tools needed to develop their own performance assessments. The list of references alone will be of considerable value to many readers."
