Includes bibliographical references (p. [489]-500) and index.

An introduction to educational testing and measurement -- The purpose of testing -- Norm-referenced and criterion-referenced tests -- Instructional goals and objectives -- Measuring learning outcomes -- Writing objective test items -- Writing essay test items -- Administering, analyzing, and improving the test -- Marks and marking systems -- Measuring attitudes and social behavior -- Performance-based assessment -- Summarizing data and measures of central tendency -- Variability, the normal distribution, and converted scores -- Correlation -- Validity -- Reliability -- Accuracy and error -- Standardized tests -- Types of standardized tests -- Testing and measuring the special learner in the regular classroom -- The microcomputer in testing and measurement -- In the classroom: a summary dialogue.