Assessment and Evaluation of Developmental Learning

As the technological demands of a rapidly changing society impact the training needs of the industrial sector, mechanisms for identifying learner strengths as well as weaknesses are needed to optimize the training process. In addition, there is a need for processes for evaluating the effectiveness of programs focused on the developmental needs of learners. Traditional measures, such as norm-referenced paradigms, do not meet the criteria established for developmental assessment. This book will provide the technical details needed to construct instruments as well as evaluate programs using a recently developed technique called item response theory, which meets the criteria for developmental assessment.

Illustrations
Preface and Acknowledgments
The History of Assessment
Constructing a Preliminary Item Bank
A Primer on Latent Trait Theory
Norm-Referenced Assessments
Item Response Theory
Criterion-Referenced Assessments
Comparisons Using Assessment Results
Measurement in Transition
Principles of Developmental Learning
Fundamentals of Developmental Learning Theory
Appendix A: An Instrument for Studying Developmental Dynamics
Bibliography
Name Index
Subject Index