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BOOK REVIEW DAVIS, FREDERICK B. Educational Measurements and Their Interpreta tion. Belmont, Calif.: Wadsworth Publishing Co., 1964. ix + 422. $7.50. In today's schools, two types of educational measures are extensively used. The more common is the teacher-made test used to evaluate stu dents' progress. Such tests may be given weekly, monthly, or at less fre quent intervals, but measuring what has been taught is part of the edu cational program of all teachers. The second type is the standardized test. It has been estimated that well over a hundred million such tests were administered last year, and there are very few teachers who are not involved in some way in the administration, scoring, and interpretation of these instruments. However, even a casual inspection of trends in education makes it clear that measurement in education is going to in crease greatly in the next several years. Not only will there be more measurement but there will be need for more sophistication in measure ment. Since this text is intended for the training of teachers, counselors, school psychologists, and school administrators, it seems appropriate to examine it from the point of view of how well it can be expected to
American Educational Research Journal – SAGE
Published: Jun 23, 2016
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