Course Contents

1. Role of measurement and Evaluation in teaching • Instructional Decisions Requiring Assessment data • General Principles of evaluation • Preparing Instructional Objectives • Types of Testing and Evaluation Procedure 2. Preparing Instructional Objectives as learning outcomes • Selection of Instructional Objectives • Taxonomy of Educational Objectives • Methods of stating Instructional Objectives 3.Planning the Classroom Test • Importance of Classroom Test • Planning a test • Defining objectives • Specifying content • Preparing blue print/master chart • Preparing test items 4 Objectives Type items- Characteristics use and rules for construction • True-False or Alternative response • Multiple Choice • Completion • Matching 5 Essay type items - characteristics, use and ru1es for construction • Restricted Essay Type • . Extended Essay Type 6. Qualities of a good assessment instrument/test • Validity, - Definition - Types of validity • Content validity • Criterion related\validity • Construct validity • Reliability - Definition - Methods for checking reliability • Test retest • Parallel test forms/alternate forms • Split-half method • Internal consistency method • Usability . 7. Assembling and Administering a test • Assembling the Classroom Test • Administering and Scoring Classroom Tests • Building a Test Item File • Item Bank 8. Scoring a test • Scoring objective type items • Scoring subjective type items 9. Item Analysis • Need for item analysis • Methods for conducting item analysis 10. Interpretation of Test Scores • Types of Scales • Measures of central tendency • Measures of variability • Measures of relationship - Types of Norms and units for measurement Grade norms - Age Norms - Percentile Norms - Standard Scores - Interchangeability of Norms 11. Portfolios 12. Emerging Trends in Measurement