The classroom instructor, future classroom teacher, and student studying educational and mental measurement for either curricular purpose or researching purpose can all benefit from this book's introduction to the measuring and assessment skills necessary for effective instruction. All through the book, the idea that "the evaluation of learning plays or important role in the instructional process and that the effectiveness of its depends largely on the ability to construct and select tests and other evolution instruments that provide valid measures of the intended learning outcomes" resounds as a core element. No prior understanding of measuring or statistics is assumed, making this book ideal for an introduction course in educational mental measurement and evaluation at the undergraduate or graduate level. The language is simple, and the book is filled with examples that highlight key ideas like test quality and the role of statistics in evaluating the efficacy of various educational assessment tools, strategies, and procedures. Statistics are only presented when absolutely required to the issue at hand, and even then, the focus is on interpretation than calculation. Information on intelligence, visualization of data, and a variety of test formats for measuring aptitude are also included in this volume. No doubt, after reading this, the methods used to measure student progress will change.
