LibGuides: EDU 517: Educational Assessment: Learners, Programs, and Institutions: Resources for Evaluating Assessment Instruments

External Resources for Evaluating Assessment Instruments

Below are links to online resources--some from universities for teacher development purposes--on evaluating assessment tools. The link to the Cambridge University webpage "Evaluation of Assessment" includes many reports and research studies and might be a good place to start for students looking at international or UK-based tests.

Assessment: Evaluating Assessment Instruments
A page from the Learning to Teach, Teaching to Learn handbook for National University of Singapore teachers which discusses context factors that might affect a professor's use of assessment instruments.
Evaluating Your Assessment Instruments
A page by the Center for the Enhancement of Learning and Teaching at Purdue University Fort Wayne to help faculty assess their own instruments for use in class. Includes a list of further resources at the bottom of the page.
Evaluation of Assessment
The Cambridge Assessment division has created this page to share resources on the Cambridge Approach and research done on a number of assessment instruments.
A Primer on the Validity of Assessment Instruments
This is an editorial by Dr. Gail M. Sullivan for the Journal of Graduate Medical Education and, even though the intended audience is medical professionals, has a great deal of practical information for anyone interested in learning more about assessment instruments.
Testing a Test: Evaluating Our Assessment Tools
A SlideShare presentation by Dr. Eddy White on assessing language tests, but with good information for any kind of assessment measure.
What You Need to Know When Evaluating Assessment Instruments
An article by Mary Bart, available on the Faculty Focus website, that has a number of good questions to ask about an instrument and links to other resources.
How to Select an Instrument for Assessing Student Learning
A report by Catalina Covacevich for the Education Division of the Inter-American Development Bank with a number of important considerations for evaluating the use of an assessment instrument for a particular population. Includes references.

Books on Assessment Instruments at Ikeda Library

Achievement Tests by Lucas E. Madsen
Call Number: LB3060.3 .A24 2011
ISBN: 9781611220568
Publication Date: 2011-01-01
Measuring College Learning Responsibly by Richard J. Shavelson
Call Number: LB2366.2 .S53 2010eb
ISBN: 9780804761215
Publication Date: 2009-12-17
Myths and Tradeoffs by National Research Council Staff; Alexandra Beatty (Editor); M. R. Greenwood (Editor); Robert L. Linn (Editor); Workshop on Higher Education Admissions Staff; Board on Testing and Assessment Staff; Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education Staff
Call Number: LB2353.2 .N28 1999eb
ISBN: 9780309065979
Publication Date: 1999-08-26
Teaching and Learning in Lower Secondary Schools in the Era of PISA and TIMMS by Kirsti Klette (Editor); Ole Bergem (Editor); Astrid Roe (Editor)
Call Number: LB1707 .T44 2015
ISBN: 9783319173016
Publication Date: 2015-08-13