Educational Measurement

Author: Wang Hanlan
Publisher: Henan University Press
Book Description:
The purpose of education in our country is to develop learners' moral, intellectual, and physical qualities, enabling them to become talents for socialist construction with ideals, morals, culture, and discipline. The assessment of students' academic performance, the evaluation of school education quality, and the recruitment of personnel by various sectors of society should all implement comprehensive assessment of moral, intellectual, and physical qualities. However, to make these assessment tasks scientific, a set of scientific methods is required. Especially with the deepening of educational system reforms, educational management must be scientific, educational evaluation will be widely conducted, and research on education must be both qualitative and quantitative. The existing assessment systems must be further improved—all of these rely on the knowledge of educational measurement.
Educational measurement is a science that studies how to measure students' academic performance, learning abilities, interests and hobbies, moral character, and the effectiveness of various educational measures. It is an important tool for improving teaching, implementing scientific educational management, and conducting educational research. Currently, there are few books on educational measurement in China. Although some universities have offered courses in this field, they lack corresponding textbooks. Therefore, we were commissioned by the State Education Commission to compile this book on educational measurement.
This textbook is divided into four parts and thirteen chapters. Part One discusses the basic principles of measurement; Part Two introduces the general steps and methods of measurement; Part Three elaborates on various types of educational tests; and Part Four studies the statistical processing of measurement results. The purpose is to enable students to systematically and comprehensively grasp the basic theories and methods of educational measurement. In the writing process, we strive to combine theory with practice, ensuring that the content is concise, accurate, systematic, and complete, making it suitable for teaching purposes.
Table of Contents:
Part One: Basic Principles of Measurement
Chapter 1: Overview of Educational Measurement
Section 1: Meaning and Characteristics of Educational Measurement
Section 2: Historical Development of Educational Measurement
Section 3: Elements and Types of Educational Measurement
Section 4: Functions of Educational Measurement and the Necessary Understanding and Attitude toward It
Chapter 2: Test Reliability
Section 1: The Meaning of Reliability
Section 2: Calculation of Reliability Coefficients
Section 3: Methods to Improve Test Reliability
Chapter 3: Test Validity
Section 1: The Meaning of Validity
Section 2: Estimation of Validity
Section 3: Methods to Improve Test Validity
Chapter 4: Test Difficulty and Discrimination
Section 1: Difficulty and Its Calculation
Section 2: Discrimination and Its Calculation
Part Two: General Steps and Methods of Measurement
Chapter 5: Test Construction and Administration
Section 1: Determining Test Objectives
Section 2: Test Question Construction
Section 3: Test Question Scoring
Section 4: Test Paper Editing and Test Administration
Chapter 6: Quality Analysis of Test Items
Section 1: The Significance of Test Quality Analysis
Section 2: Item Analysis of Norm-Referenced Tests
Section 3: Item Analysis of Criterion-Referenced Tests
Section 4: Item Analysis and Improvement of Multiple-Choice Tests
Chapter 7: Basic Procedures and Applications of Standardized Tests
Section 1: Characteristics of Standardized Tests
Section 2: Basic Procedures of Standardized Tests
Section 3: Applications of Standardized Tests
Part Three: Various Types of Educational Tests
Chapter 8: Subject Tests
Section 1: The Significance of Subject Tests and Key Considerations in Their Construction
Section 2: Language Tests
Section 3: Mathematics Tests
Section 4: Interpretation of Subject Test Results
Chapter 9: Intelligence Tests
Section 1: The Significance of Intelligence Tests
Chapter 10: Personality Measurement
Chapter 11: Moral Character Measurement
Part Four: Statistical Processing of Measurement Results
Chapter 12: Organization and Conversion of Educational Measurement Scores
Chapter 13: Test Score Examination
Appendix
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