Dr. V. Natarajan's has published an ebook on IRT titled "The Basic Principles of Item Response Theory". He is one of the world's leading experts on IRT and has worked extensively on the theory and applications of IRT. He is passionate about IRT - believes it is one of the greatest inventions of the 20th century. Through his ebook, he wishes to make IRT accessible and interesting to young learners of assessment theory. He has made this ebook available for free downloads since he wishes it to reach as many students of assessment as possible.You can click the link below to download a copy of the ebook.
http://www.docstoc.com/docs/8937076/Basic-Principles-of-Item-Response-Theory
Dr. V. Natarajan, is Professor Emeritus at MeritTrac Services. He is an Engineer & a D.Litt in Educational Evaluation and Administration. He guides the Test Development and Research teams at MeritTrac. He is the author of 68 books and over 60 international papers on assessment and a pioneer in the area of education assessments in India. He is a visiting faculty at ETS, Princeton, USA, and has been a member of the Association of Indian Universities for over three decades. He had the privilege of being taught the advanced principles of IRT from Dr. Fred Lord of ETS.
