EDUCATION / Testing & Measurement

Paper · Semantic Scholar

This paper examines the issues of assessing the validity and reliability of diagnostic tools as a crucial component of the internal quality assurance system in education. It justifies the importance of using high-quality diagnostic tools to obtain objective information about the outcomes of the educational process. The paper defines the concepts of “validity” and “reliability” as key criteria for evaluating the effe…

Reference · Wikidata

US association for educational assessment, evaluation and testing

Encyclopedia · Wikipedia

The National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME) is a U.S. based professional organization for assessment, evaluation, testing, and other aspects of educational measurement. NCME was launched in 1938 and previously operated under the name National Council on Measurements Used in Education.

Book · DOAB

Classroom Assessment and Educational Measurement explores the ways in which the theory and practice of both educational measurement and the assessment of student learning in classroom settings mutually inform one another. Chapters by assessment and measurement experts consider the nature of classroom assessment information, from student achievement to affective and socio-emotional attributes; how teachers interpret …

Full text · Open Library

Image · DPLA

pt. 1. Measurement in education, by E.L. Thorndike. Principles underlying the construction and use of intelligence tests, by S.S. Colvin. Statistical methods applied to educational testing, by H. Rugg. An annotated list of group intelligence tests, by G.M. Whipple. -- pt. 2. Intelligence tests and individual progress in school work, by H.W. Holmes. The group intelligence testing program of the Detroit public schools…