Part I: Why measurement? an introduction -- Part II: One potato, two potatoes... levels of measurement and their importance -- Getting it right every time: reliability and its importance -- The truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth: validity and its importance -- Welcome to lake woebegone, where all the children are above average: norms and percentiles -- Part III: Short answer and completion items: baskin robbins has_flavors -- Essay items: hope you can write -- Multiple-choice items: always pick answer C and you'll be right about 25% of the time -- Matchmaker, matchmaker, make me a match: matching items -- True-fales tests: T or F? I passed my first measurement test

1. Educational tests and measurement