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Author Miller, Lucy Jane

Title Developing Norm-Referenced Standardized Tests
Published Florence : Routledge, 1989

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Description 1 online resource (226 pages)
Contents Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- CONTENTS -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1: Measurement in Developmental Therapy: Past, Present, and Future -- Introduction -- History of Standardized Testing -- Lack of Testing Instruments -- Rationale for Increased Use of Standardized Tests -- The Priority to Develop Validated Tools -- Summary and Recommendations -- Chapter 2: Planning the Initial Version -- Introduction -- Formulating the Idea -- Reviewing the Literature -- Identification of Specific Content for Items
The Table of Specifications -- Item Format -- Item Development -- Planning the Standardization Process -- Statistical Consultation -- Ethical Considerations -- Funding the Plan -- Summary and Recommendations -- Chapter 3: Designing and Implementing Research on the Development Editions of the Test -- Introduction -- Purpose for Conducting a Development Edition -- Selecting the Development Edition Sample -- Test Administration Procedures -- Analysis of Item Characteristics -- Evaluating Reliability and Validity -- Summary and Recommendations -- Chapter 4: Standardizing an Assessment -- Introduction
Developing the Timeline and Budget -- Examiner Recruitment and Training -- Selecting a Sample -- Bias Review -- Data Collection -- Data Analysis -- Reliability and Validity -- Norms Development -- Publication -- Summary and Recommendations -- Chapter 5: Norms and Scores -- Introduction -- Statistical Concepts -- Norms and Scores -- Summary and Recommendations -- Chapter 6: Reliability -- Introduction -- Types of Reliability -- Designing Reliability Research for a Test -- Statistics -- Summary and Recommendations -- Chapter 7: Validity -- Introduction -- Validity in Therapeutic Practice
Basic Issues in Validity Research -- Types of Validity Studies -- Summary and Recommendations -- Chapter 8: Preparing the Examiner's Manual -- Introduction -- Preliminary Preparation -- Getting Started -- The Drafting Process -- Final Organization -- Summary and Recommendations -- Epilogue: Test Development on the Installment Plan or "How 1 Developed a Test in 27,000 Easy Steps" -- Appendixes -- APPENDIX A CRITIQUE FORM FOR NORM-REFERENCED STANDARDIZED TESTS -- APPENDIX B DIRECTORY OF SELECTED TEST PUBLISHERS
Summary Transform your ideas and data into norm-referenced standardized tests with this "how-to" manual. Edited by the author of the Miller Assessment for Preschoolers (MAP), a nationally standardized, norm-referenced test, Developing Norm-Referenced Standardized Tests is designed specifically for occupational and physical therapists who have an interest in conducting research, either with established scientists or independently in order to pursue questions of interest. This unique volume leads the reader through the process of test development step-by-step, including identification of a concept that should be subjected to testing, development of appropriate test items, and the procedures for standarizing a norm-referenced test. Not only will professionals learn to develop new tests, but they will also increase their understanding of the process of test development for instruments which are already available
Notes Lucy Jane Miller, PhD, OTR, Executive Director, The Foundation for Knowledge in Development, Englewood, Colorado, has been actively involved in early childhood research and test development for over 15 years
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Subject MEDICAL -- Allied Health Services -- General.
MEDICAL -- Allied Health Services -- Occupational Therapy.
MEDICAL -- Health Care Delivery.
Form Electronic book
Author Ayres, A. Jean
ISBN 9781317940821
1317940822
9781317940838
1317940830
9781317940814
1317940814