Objective Measurement

MARK WILSON is Professor of Education at the University of California at Berkeley, specializing in the areas of educational assessment, educational evaluation and applied statistics. He has published 28 articles in refereed journals, edited four books, contributed 23 chapters to edited books, and made many presentations at meetings of professional groups.

• HISTORICAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL PERSPECTIVESFundamental Measurement and the Fundamentals of Rasch MeasurementThe Relevance of the Classical Theory of Measurement to Modern PsychologyThe Rasch Debate: Validity and Revolution in Educational MeasurementHistorical Views of the Concept of Invariance in Measurement TheoryPRACTICEComputer-Adaptive Testing: A National Pilot StudyReliability of Alternate Computer-Adaptive TestsThe Equivalence of Rasch Item Calibrations and Ability Estimates Across Modes of AdministrationConstructing Measurement with a Many-Facet Rasch ModelDevelopment of a Functional Assessment That Adjusts Ability Measures for Task Simplicity and Rater LeniencyMeasuring Chemical Properties with the Rasch ModelImpact of Additional Person Performance Data on Person, Judge, and Item CalibrationsTHEORYLocal Independence: Objectively Measurable or Objectionably Abominable?Objective Measurement with Multidimensional Polytomous Latent Trait ModelsWhen Does Misfit Make a Difference?Comparing Attitude Across Different Cultures: Two Quantitative Approaches to Construct ValidityConsequences of Removing Subjects in Item CalibrationItem Information as a Function of Threshold Values in the Rating Scale ModelAssessing Unidimensionality for Rasch MeasurementAuthor IndexSubject Index