TESTING FOR TEACHERS

This book has been written primarily for prospective teachers who want to know how mental tests can be of help in their school work .It can serve also as a guide for teachers in service . The first seven chapters describe the varieties of mental tests and point out the usefulness and limitations of each sort . The last three chapters deal with the writing of objective items, with the construction of classroom tests, and with some of the ways in which mental tests can usefully be employed in guidance and counselling .Chapter 2 covers in summary fashion the statistical terms and procedures most often used with mental tests. I do not believe it possible to describe mental tests intelligently without using relevant statistical terms . At the same time , I think that the classroom teacher need not be a psychometrician or testing specialist in order to use standard tests in the school . For those who want to go further into test construction, there is an Appendix which treats statistical method more fully . I have found it generally better to teach Chapter 2 before taking up a discussion of mental tests themselves – to use it , that is ,as a preliminary to later chapters. Chapter 2 can then be referred to specifically when the various statistical terms occur. This procedure has the advantage of reviewing the basic statistics when the need arises. I believe that the book will be found to contain ample material for one term’s work . This is especially true when the laboratory exercises and questions at the ends of the chapters are covered in class discussion , and when reports upon relevant literature are required

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