Developing and Validating Multiple-choice Test Items (Hardcover, 3)

Contents: Introduction. Part I: A Foundation for Multiple-Choice Testing. The Importance of Item Development for Validity. Content and Cognitive Processes. Item Formats. Part II: Developing MC Test Items. MC Formats. Guidelines for Developing MC Items. A Casebook of Exemplary Items and Innovative Item Formats. Item Generation. Part III: Validity Evidence Arising From Item Development and Item Response Validation. Validity Evidence Coming From Item Development Procedures. Validity Evidence Coming From Statistical Study of Item Responses. Using Item Response Patterns to Study Specific Problems. Part IV: The Future of Item Development and Item Response Validation. New Directions in Item Writing and Item Response Validation.