McDonald, a nurse educator and educational assessment consultant, shows nurse educators how to assess students. She addresses the role of assessment in instruction and outlines a rationale for developing a systematic assessment plan, as well as the ethical responsibilities involved, implications for students, and assessment competency standards. She describes fundamental concepts, terms, and the principles of assessment; developing instructional objectives and learning outcomes; implementing systematic test development, including test blueprints; developing multiple-choice exams, with examples; writing critical thinking, true-false, matching, short-answer, and essay items, with examples; assembling, administering, and scoring a test, with discussion of cheating; documenting reliability and validity; interpreting results; grading; and using item banking and test development software. This edition addresses the pressure of the National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX) and other exams on nursing students and faculty and reflects updates to the NCLEX Detailed Test Plan. It has new and updated tables and figures, new web links and learning activities, updated writing guidelines, discussion of computer administration and dealing with flawed test items, an updated chapter on laboratory and clinical evaluation, and other revisions. Annotation ©2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)