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Psychological Testing: Principles, Applications, and Issues 6th edition CD
This is an excellent CD containing the test bank of test items that accompany Kaplan and Saccuzzo's Psychological Testing: Principles, Applications, and Issues 6th edition for instructors.
Psychological testing, principles, applications and issues
I have read many books in the psychology field, and I thought this book did an excellent job of presenting clear and concise information on psychological testing. The book focused on the various testing techniques that are used in the psychology field.It raised important issues aroundhow to appropriately apply testing and why we use them.i recommend thisbook to professionals in the field or to anyine who may have a curiosityabout psychological testing in general.It's a real eye opener!Yourinterest won't fade out. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Assessment, Testing & Measurement    2. Psychological tests    3. Psychology    4. Education / Testing & Measurement    5. Psychological testing & measurement   

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Helpful guide
Although I've written many research papers, I found this book to be a great guide to help me 'fill in' the missing pieces in my work.It provides useful guidelines in all phases of research writing, from picking the right topic to statistical techniques.

Practical Research Book Review
Great book, it is very easy to follow and understand.It provides great samples and guides on how to do a research paper. I certainly would recommend it to anyone that needs help or guidance on research project writing.

Required Reading
Practical Research actually is required reading for my Ph.D. Since it is a text book is does cost a lot. It was the same price at Amazon as it would have been to order it through my university. However, the shipping was free with Amazon, so I came out ahead. The book is well written, in plain English. The advice is practical. Some of the advice about using technology is a bit behind the times, but that is to be expected. The font size is small, but this would not be a problem for most people under 40. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Handbooks & Manuals    2. Methodology    3. Reference    4. Research    5. Research & Methodology    6. Science    7. Science/Mathematics    8. Study Skills    9. Education / Testing & Measurement    10. Philosophy of science   

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A history of the IB, its increasing introduction in American school systems, and how it makes a difference
Jay Mathews & Ian Hill's Supertest: How The International Baccalaureate Can Strengthen Our Schools deftly assesses the statistics about the Baccalaureate, including its impact on student chances for success in college and life. Chapters provide a history of the IB, its increasing introduction in American school systems, and how it makes a difference in the transition to college. Sounds like dry reading: but the concurrent story of one American high school that adopted the IB adds a personal flavor and human interest touch to the statistics and discussions.

Your kids deserve IB - learn what it is and why from Jay
"Washington Post" reporter Jay Mathews extends his appreciation of challenge in our high schools by identifying the grandest and most challenging of them all:the International Baccalaureate (IB) program.Jay created "Newsweek" magazine's Challenge Index, and his writing is always approachable and easy to follow.This book maintains that special style.He writes here very specifically about a local DC-area high school and its experiences with beginning and maintaining the rigorous IB curriculum.You come to really care about the students and teachers he profiles, and to share their trials and successes and occasional failures with them.The book features an extremely effective method of integrating chapters about the creation and operation of the IB program as a whole - written by a co-author from the IB Organization - with chapters about Fairfax County, VA's Mount Vernon High School and the people involved with getting IB up and running there.And of the battles in Fairfax County and elsewhere about IB and its rival, the Advanced Placement (AP) program.In my mind there is no contest - IB is far and away the better program, especially for exposing kids to what college will be like.And there is no better predictor of success in college (i.e., graduating) than having taken at least one rigorous course in high school, especially one from IB which teaches how to think and plan and lean.But read Jay's book and decide for yourself.He does an excellent job of iterating the AP proponents concerns about IB, some legitimate - most not, and of exposing as fools or frauds a few of the opponents and their methods for keeping this excellent program out of their schools.They won, but did their kids a real disservice with their victory.
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Subjects:  1. Aptitude Testing    2. Curricula    3. Education    4. Education / Teaching    5. History - General History    6. Secondary    7. Testing & Measurement    8. World - General    9. Examinations & assessment    10. History / World   

Subjects:  1. Administration - General    2. Administration - School Plant Management    3. Aims and objectives    4. Curricula    5. Education    6. Education / Teaching    7. Educational Policy & Reform    8. Educational change    9. School improvement programs    10. Testing & Measurement    11. United States   

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QRI4
I have been using the QRI3 for many years and was very happy that a new version was out with new stories. There are plenty of new stories in this version.It was nice to give a student something they had not memorized or where not familiar with.

Practical & Professional Product
My wife needed an IRI for a recent course. She reported that this book provides different types of readings as opposed to just the story narrative form. The directions for using the IRI were clear and the typeset on the word lists is sharp. She says she is very pleased with this investment and expect to use it in her classroom in the future.

Qualitative Reading Inventory-4 (4th Edition)
It's an excellent book. I used it as an informal assessment tool for my Special Education students. I highly recommend this book to any educator. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Ability testing    2. Education    3. Education / Teaching    4. Educational Tests And Measurements    5. Language Experience Approach    6. Qualitative Reading Inventory    7. Reading Education (General)    8. Reading comprehension    9. Teaching Methods & Materials - Reading    10. Testing & Measurement    11. Education / Teaching Methods & Materials / Reading    12. Examinations & assessment    13. Industrial or vocational training   

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Very pleased
The book was perfect and I received the book very quickly.The seller was great! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Achievement tests    2. Design and construction    3. Education    4. Education / Teaching    5. Educational Tests And Measurements (Higher Education)    6. Examinations    7. Testing & Measurement    8. Education / Testing & Measurement    9. Industrial or vocational training   

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I hate this book.
This is the worst textbook I have ever bought for any class!It is a huge waste of money and super frustrating to read.This book is horribly written.The explanations are boring, drawn out, and unclear.The early chapters draaaag on forever.The later chapters get a little better, but they state a lot of obvious or useless information.I have spent hours and weeks studying from this text and learned very little.

Quite possibly, the driest text book ever written.
Used for my Measurement & Evaluation class for my MSEd. program, I've already convinced the professor to find a new book for his next group of students.The book has inadequate explanations - all too open ended for my taste, dry writing, and hard to decipher language.It says so much, while saying nothing at all!As if the field of assessment and testing wasn't dry enough, along comes Linn, ready to make it even worse.There has got to be a better book!Needless to say, I relied on the i-net for supplementary information to our class lectures.I did not crack this book once beyond the intro chapter!

I never want to see this book again!
This book was used for an assessment class I took at TN Techological University. I'm sure the authors did not mean to, but the book is very dry and hard to read at times. However it gets easier the farther along you get. The sections with sample test questions were useful. Everyone in my class complained about this book. Our instructor used notes and powerpoints from other texts to supplement. I definately do not recommend this title. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Education    2. Education / Teaching    3. Educational Tests And Measurements (Higher Education)    4. Educational tests and measurem    5. Educational tests and measurements    6. Testing & Measurement    7. Education / Testing & Measurement    8. Examinations & assessment   

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Student view of research
I am so pleased to have had the opportunity to study this book. It is extremely well wtitten, has explicit examples and provides a menu of wonderful supplimentary materials. Johnson and Christensen have reached the perfect meld of professional presentation and comprehensible material. Not only that, they are accessible for further elaboration. With the purchase of this book, the reader has a combination of knowledge and dedication to the education of research. It's one of the best Ihave come across in two years of doctoral level classes! ... Read more

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Another Edition to a fantastic text
This new edition of the text once again proves that these authors are the masters of single subject research.I have used this text for five years in my graduate methods course and am completely satisfied with their coverage of the material of single subject research design.Just when a researcher thought it could not get any better, this new edition comes along with updates to the software.
enough is enough
I was pleased to hear that this text had been assigned in a graduate research course at my graduate school of social work. I'm seriously disappointed. I would not recommend this text's continued use. It is excessively repetitive, constantly restating previous material (commonly referred to as 'rehashing'), and, as a sidebar, i can't help but mention an irritating habit of unnecessary references to material yet to come ('we'll talk about that more in chapter 14.'). The writing style is terribly wordy, and in a weighted, clunky pseudo-conversational style that rarely is effective in a textbook. The actual technical information is obscured in a constant river of verbiage, usually in page after page of solid block text, the least helpful format when learning technical information (or when subsequently searching for specific information or techniques). The result? It serves as a strong sedative. Finally, the authors repeatedly express apologies, in what eventually (by page 350) feels like an obsequious and cloying manner, for putting forward an empirical and accountable approach to clinical practice. The worst, though, is the repetition of material, as if the reader were an idiot. The sheer relentlessness of it is what is so galling, and at $100 bucks, neither affordable nor worth the investment. There are other texts out there with clearer, cleaner, more articulate prose, that are more respectful of the reader, and at half the price, such as the classic and affordable: Single-Case Research Designs: Methods for Clinical and Applied Settings by Alan E. Kazdin. Ignore the pollyanna reviews above and below, and avoid this text, or if on the syllabus, protest and suggest an alternative.

A Classic in Practice Evaluation
Bloom, Fischer and Orme continue to make an unique contribution to improving practice in the human services by providing a road map by which practitioners can evaluate their effectiveness. I've been using their text book for over 15 years in teaching practice evaluation and in has been an invaluable help. The new edition has a CD Rom with SingWin, CAAP,and CAAS which I was able to install in Windows XP Home edition. You must install CAAS before CAAP for it to work. The sofware computerizes record keeping, score computation, and graph construction. I strongly reccommend this textbook for human services faculty. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Business / Economics / Finance    2. Evaluation    3. Evaluation research (Social ac    4. Evaluation research (Social action programs)    5. Management - General    6. Political Science    7. Politics/International Relations    8. Program Evaluation    9. Public Policy - Social Services & Welfare    10. Social service    11. Abnormal psychology    12. Behavioural theory (Behaviourism)    13. Political Science / Social Services & Welfare    14. Social welfare & social services   

Subjects:  1. Education    2. Education / Teaching    3. Educational tests and measurements    4. Grading and marking (Students)    5. Professional Development    6. Rating of    7. Students    8. Testing & Measurement    9. United States   

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Used book to Pass Army Flight Test
I was surprised that this book was "on it" when it came to the test questions that they ask you. I can't speak how well it is when it comes to the other branch tests, but it helped me prepare for the test giving me a passing score.
Great Help
This book really helped, but I am sure the tens of reviews before mine already assured you of this fact.

Good Book for AFOQT
This is a good book for the AFOQT, I just took the test and it has it all.My advice is study hard and practice timing yourself.This book has all the subtests found on the AFOQT, study some math if your rusty. GOOD luck! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Air Forces    2. Airplanes, Military    3. Armed Forces    4. Educational Tests And Measurements (Higher Education)    5. Examinations    6. Examinations, questions, etc    7. Military Science    8. Military airplanes    9. Piloting    10. Study Aids    11. Study Guides    12. Test Prep    13. Testing & Measurement    14. Study & learning skills    15. Warfare & Defence   

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Classroom Assesssment Review
Excellent book!Angelo was very clear and concise in guiding teachers through the assessment process.

CATs for the classroom
The text was used in a course through UW Stout and it is a very good resource for methods that can be used to assess learners progress towards a goal.Great tool to have on the bookshelf!
A Classic
Cross and Angelo is a classic text that all professors should have in their teaching and learning library.The techniques are concrete, simple, and powerful.This is not a theory book but truly a handbook of techniques that will not only improve your teaching but more importantly improve your students' learning. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Case studies    2. College students    3. College teaching    4. Curricula    5. Education    6. Education / Teaching    7. Educational evaluation    8. Evaluation    9. Handbooks, manuals, etc    10. Methods Of Instruction And Study In Higher Education    11. Rating of    12. Teaching Methods & Materials - Classroom Planning    13. Testing & Measurement    14. United States    15. Colleges of further education    16. Education / Testing & Measurement    17. Examinations & assessment   

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The Best Assessment Book I've Seen
I bought this for an ESL Assessment class at the graduate level. I also teach ESL at a university, and this book comes in very handy, both in theory and in practice. I especially like the rubrics you give to students so they can assess their own strengths and weaknesses. For example, when working together in groups, students fill out a form after their work is done, stating how well they listened, asked for clarification, or offered/asked for opinions. I continue to use this book long after I've taken the class, and I believe this is the best assessment book out there. Don't waste your time (or money) on books like "ESL Assessment: On the Yellow Big Road to the Withered of Oz" (or whatever the title of that book is!)
Excellent Resource
I have just completed a graduate course in Assessment for teachers of ELLs.Almost all of the students in this class, including me, found this book to be a very valuable resource.Some of the information is redundant, but for a teacher looking for ideas on how to construct an authentic assessment of student work (reading, writing, speaking or listening) it is full of great insights and models that can be copied from the book or revised for individual use.

Fantastic text for ESL/TESOL course on Assessment
This book is incredibly helpful for ESL / TESL / ESOL / TESOL teachers and home schoolers as well. It was a textbook in a required Assessment course, but it is so helpful and practical that it will be very useful even if you're not taking a formal course. It presents detailed advice and examples for portfolio assessment, as well as the largest assortment of rubrics that I have seen anywhere. When you use Authentic Assessment to balance your Standardized Tests, you get a more balanced picture of the student's strengths and weaknesses, so you can tailor your instruction to the need. ... Read more

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Useful for a Reserach Course
Although a bit dull to read, this book is helpful to candidates in an education master's program. ... Read more

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Student-Involved Assessment for Learning
Great book!The book was brand new, and really will help me with feedback and knowledge I will need to become a teacher.This book is great for future teachers!

Useful in the Classroom
I ordered this book for a master's course I'm taking and found the information on reasoning patterns and assessment very useful in helping me see the difference between sound and unsound asssessment.Stiggins suggests numerous assessment ideas that provide a more positive environment for assessing and learning.This is a book I will keep in my classroom and use frequently. ... Read more

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Woodcock-Johnson III: Reports, Recommendations and Strategies
This manual is extremely useful when preparing for PPTs and when you are writing reports.I have found the new forms very useful.I would recommend this manual for every special education teacher.

A bargain at twice the price
This is a very powerful reference that can be a helpful tool for school psychologists and private practice clinicians.Mather and Jaffe divide this book into four helpful sections.The first has much to do with the Woodcock Johnson-III tests of cognitive abilities and academic achievement.They provide guidelines for assessment interpretation, including hypotheses of origins for varied subtest combinations.The second section of the book provides the reader with samples of varied examples of comprehensive psychological reports.These can help provide guidelines for report writing that includes (but is not limited to) the Woodcock Johnson-III.
Woodcock-Johnson III: Reports, Recommendations, & Strategies
Woodcock-Johnson III: Reports, Recommendations, and Strategies (Nancy Mather & Lynne Jaffe, New York: Wiley, 2002) is an essential resource, not only for evaluators who use the Woodcock-Johnson III and teachers who use the results of Woodcock-Johnson III (WJ III) assessments, but also for anyone involved in educational evaluation or planning individual educational programs. Read more

Subjects:  1. Assessment, Testing & Measurement    2. Education    3. Educational Psychology    4. Psychological Testing    5. Psychology    6. Testing & Measurement    7. Woodcock-Johnson Psycho-Educat    8. Woodcock-Johnson Psycho-Educational Battery    9. Examinations & assessment    10. Intelligence    11. Psychological testing & measurement    12. Psychology & Psychiatry / Testing & Measurement   

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Weak study guide - Could Be Better
I don't know what all the hype is about, especially from the poster above.The book is an abbreviated, outline version of what you need to know.
Basic Overview, well organized
I bought this book, along with the REA book with the CD and the Boosalis How to Beat the CSET books.I read this book first and I feel like it was very good in covering many subjects, and was especially helpful as the first book I read to prepare for the CSET because it is organized in such a concise, easy outline manner.The Human Development chapter was enough to pass the test.The Art section lacked a good explanation on reading music and that was unfortunately what my short answer question was on.The math section was good, but I am strong in math so I didn't study math at all.The science section was good, I was surprised how easy the science section of the CSET test was.The reading acquisition section was thorough and effective.I bought the Boosalis book because it was supposedly the strongest one on Language Arts, but I found it too long winded.I liked the Cliffs version better.The History section was the only section that I feel was way too brief.I would not have passed the CSET History section if I had only read this book, you must do outside reading if you are not strong on Social Studies/History.I would strongly suggest buying this book along with doing other studying.I passed all 3 sections of the CSET in one day by studying this book and the History section of the Boosalis book.

Section III
After stuying for the third section of the CSET using this book, I was able to pass it with flying colors on my first try.This testprep was very usefull to me but I would recommend "What Your Fourth, fifth and sixth Grader Needs to Know" series for the other 2 sections of the CSET. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Praxis    2. Study Aids    3. Study Guides    4. Test Prep    5. Tests    6. California    7. Study Aids / Tests    8. Teacher assessment   

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Great book for HS English teachers!
Voice is perhaps the hardest of the 6 traits to teach.With my sophomore core English students, I would do 1 voice lesson each week for their warm up and it was amazing how much more accessible that vague idea of "voice" came to both myself and my students over the school year.The whole English department at my school uses Voice Lessons...9th grade teachers do a certain number, 10th grade, etc.By the time a student graduates, they will have done all the voice lessons.I wholeheartedly recommend this book to any English teacher or teacher who teaches writing (and which teachers don't?!).

Good Beginning!
This book is good for a class warmup.It probably could benefit from more indepth questions or more complex examples built on the
Wonderful highschool english activities to introduce students to Voice!
My students love these activities.It allows them to view voice in other authors' works and then to create their own.Great resource! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Composition & Creative Writing - General    2. Composition and exercises    3. Education    4. Education / Teaching    5. English language    6. Secondary    7. Study and teaching (Secondary)    8. Teaching Methods & Materials - Classroom Planning    9. Teaching Methods & Materials - General    10. Teaching Methods & Materials - Language Arts    11. Testing & Measurement   

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Grant Wiggins, Warmed-Over
I got this book after reading the reviews posted here, and found it rather disappointing. First, the authors have taken from Grant Wiggins the idea that 'authentic assessment' should include assignments that test 'real-world' skills and interpreted it *very* literally; as a result you will find many examples here from soil science, forestry and engineering, but almost nothing at all from the humanities (I teach history and found no applicable examples). Combined with this is an implicit argument that the point of education is preprofessional training; the authors embrace the idea that the student is a consumer purchasing a skill set from teacher-salesmen. On top of that, it's very clumsily written. I found this a narrow and discouraging view of student-centered learning, which at its best not only applies well to the humanities, but offers a wider perspective on the 'preprofessional' as well: missing here are the ideas of generating essential questions, any discussion of how to incorporate those into syllabus design, or a coherent bigger picture in which engaging assignments that duplicate 'real-world' work are fitted into a learning trajectory. There is, however, a fair amount of discussion of the practice of assessment techniques such as the portfolio etc., but this can also be found in books that apply to a wider range of educational topics. Readers, esp. those from the humanities, interested in learner-centered assessment *and teaching* would be better served by going straight to Wiggins instead of reading the excerpted and narrower version of his arguments presented here.

Very helpful
This book provides extensive information about using online environments in the classroom.It details implementations that worked, and implementations that didn't work to show how to implement online enviornments to best benefit students.

A Different and Powerful Approach to Assessment
Huba and Freed bridge the gap between assessment and student-centered teaching and learning. Throughout the text the authors include reflection questions to trigger thinking and changes in mental models.While the thrust of the book is conceptual, there are many practical suggestions for implementation in areas such as learning outcomes, rubrics, and other related areas of assessment. While compatible with other treatments of assessment, this is a unique perspective. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Audiology & Speech Pathology    2. College students    3. College teaching    4. Education / Teaching    5. Educational Tests And Measurements    6. Evaluation    7. Higher    8. Learning    9. Medical    10. Methods Of Instruction And Study In Higher Education    11. Rating of    12. Testing & Measurement    13. Education / Higher    14. Examinations & assessment   

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Any indication
I'm sure to buy this book today. I have the "Weather for Dummies" book, and if that is any indication, you simply can not go wrong with this book. The "Dummies" books are always filled with in depth information. I couldn't believe the amount of information the books hold. This book is definately a safe bet.

Dripping with irony
I don't know, how can you publish a book with this title? ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Education    2. Educational Tests And Measurements    3. GED (General Educational Development Tests)    4. GMAT (Graduate Management Admission Test)    5. General educational developmen    6. General educational development tests    7. High school equivalency examin    8. High school equivalency examinations    9. Secondary    10. Secondary Education    11. Study Guides    12. Test Prep    13. Testing & Measurement    14. Secondary schools    15. Study & learning skills    16. Study Aids / GMAT (Graduate Management Admission Test)    17. Study guides, home study & revision notes    18. USA