Handbook of Cognition and Assessment : Frameworks, Methodologies, and Applications

This state-of-the-art resource brings together the most innovative scholars and thinkers in the field of testing to capture the changing conceptual, methodological, and applied landscape of cognitively-grounded educational assessments. 

• Offers a methodologically-rigorous overview of cognitive and learning sciences models for assessment purposes as well as the latest statistical and technological know-how for designing, scoring, and interpreting results
• Covers conceptual frameworks, modern methodologies, and applied topics in a style and at a level of technical detail that will appeal to a wide range of readers from both applied and scientific backgrounds
• Discusses emerging topics in cognitively-grounded assessment, including applications of emerging socio-cognitive models, cognitive models for human and automated scoring, and various innovative virtual performance assessments
• Written by an international team of contributors at the cutting-edge of cognitive psychology and educational measurement under the editorship of a research director at the Educational Testing Service and an esteemed professor of educational psychology at the University of Alberta as well as supported through expert peer-review processes

André A. Rupp is a research director at the Educational Testing Service(ETS) in Princeton, NJ, USA where his team conducts rigorous empirical research using cognitive, psychometric, and validation perspectives to develop best methodological practices for scoring constructed responses and extended performances. His personal research has focused on applications of principled assessment design frameworks in innovative assessment contexts as well as translating the statistical complexities of diagnostic measurement models into practical guidelines for applied specialists to help shape best methodological practices. Other notable work includes the book Diagnostic Measurement: Theory, Methods, and Applications (2010), which won the 2012 Outstanding Contribution to Educational Research Methodology Award from AERA Division D. He is currently the editor of the ITEMS educational module series within Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice and NCME (2016-2019).

Jacqueline P. Leighton is Professor of Educational Psychology at the University of Alberta, Canada. She is past Chair of the Department of Educational Psychology and Director of the University of Alberta's Centre for Research in Applied Measurement and Evaluation (CRAME). As a registered psychologist with the College of Alberta Psychologists, her research is focused on measuring the cognitive and socio-emotional processes underlying learning and assessment outcomes, including cognitive diagnostic assessment, feedback delivery and uptake. She has published in a variety of educational measurement journals and is past editor of Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice. She is co-author of The Learning Sciences in Educational Assessment (2011) and co-editor of Cognitive Diagnostic Assessment for Education: Theory andApplications (2007) and The Nature of Reasoning (2004).