1st Edition

An Introduction to Educational Measurement

By Douglas Pidgeon, Alfred Yates Copyright 1968
132 Pages
by Routledge

128 Pages
by Routledge

132 Pages
by Routledge

Originally published in 1968, at a time when the current public examination systems were coming under close scrutiny this volume discusses completely and fully the merits and demerits of various methods of educational measurement, starting with the theories from which they evolved and going on to observe their efficacy in practice. School-based systems of measurement are also studied, both as... Read more

General Editor’s Introduction.  1. External Examinations  2. The Nature of Measurement  3. Designing an Examination  4. Dealing with Marks and Scores  5. The Efficiency of Measurement  6. Expressing the Results  7. Varieties of Measurement  8. The Problem of Moderation  9. Conclusion.  Suggestions for Further Reading.

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Douglas Pidgeon, Alfred Yates