Evaluation and Testing in Nursing Education: A Comprehensive Guide for Educators is recognized as the gold standard for assessment in the field. Now in its Sixth Edition, this classic text provides expert, comprehensive guidance on measuring student learning across diverse settings, while also addressing the evaluation of instructor and program effectiveness. It delivers fundamental measurement and evaluation concepts designed to help nurse educators create, critique, and implement effective testing tools and assessment strategies.
Written by leading experts, the book explores the social, ethical, and legal dimensions of testing, including strategies for preventing cheating and establishing robust academic policies for grading and progression. This edition features practical advice on developing test blueprints and constructing various test item types, including the next-generation NCLEX-style items. Key topics include test assembly, administration, scoring, and item analysis, as well as the assessment of written assignments and higher levels of learning.
Specialized sections are dedicated to clinical evaluation methods, highlighting the use of simulation for high-stakes assessment, clinical evaluation in distance learning environments, and the application of technology for remote performance monitoring. This text is an essential resource for meeting the National League for Nursing (NLN) Certified Nurse Educator Competency #3: Use Assessment and Evaluation Strategies.
Book Details:
- Title: Evaluation and Testing in Nursing Education: A Comprehensive Guide for Educators
- Author: Marilyn H. Oermann PhD RN ANEF FAAN
- Edition: Sixth Edition
- Publisher: Springer Publishing Company
- Publication Date: December 16, 2019
- ISBN-10: 0826135749
- ISBN-13: 978-0826135742
- Language: English