TRCN PQE Syllabus: Measurement and Evaluation – PQE 013
| PQE 013. Measurement and Evaluation | ||||
| THEMES | GUIDES | |||
| Category D: | Category C: | Category B: | Category A: | |
| NCE Teachers | Graduate Teachers | Master Teachers | Doctoral Teachers | |
| Test construction, administration, analysis & interpretation |
Meaning and scope of measurement and evaluation; function of measurement and evaluation for teachers; demographic data collection and analysis; uses of tests; common dimensions for classifying tests; teacher made tests, standardized tests, validation of evaluation instruments; census and vital registration in primary and junior secondary education; continuous assessment – meaning, scope, principles, prospects and problems; construction, use and interpretation of norm- referenced tests and criterion-reference tests; examination ethics; assessment of non-cognitive domains – observation techniques, checklists and rating scale, self-reporting techniques (interview, questionnaires, inventory), sociometric techniques, projective techniques. |
The concept and scope of measurement and evaluation. Uses of tests; classification of tests as teacher-made, standardized, etc; validation of test instruments; etc. Types of test items, construction and use i. Short answer type ii. Essay type iii. Unstructured type: observation, project, excursion, etc. Evaluation standardization strategies; mean, normal curve, standard deviation, table of specification, error modification, standard score and T-score transformation, etc. Continuous assessment: concept, scope, rules, strengths and weaknesses. Ethics in Measurement and Evaluation.Measurement of affective domain: Using self-reports, observation techniques, projective, socio-metric, checklist, strategies, etc. Computer based testing, online presentation of students results, etc. |
Definitions, types and functions of measurement, evaluation, assessment and test. Educational and psychological tests. Introductory statistical concepts. Objective and essay type items. Test validity and reliability. Evaluation models and methods. Evaluation of school, national and selected foreign programmes. Skills of implementing the continuous assessment scheme in the school system. The instruments and techniques for assessment of achievements in the cognitive and non-cognitive domains. Basic statistics. Classification of measuring instruments. Construction of test blueprints. Measures of central tendency, variability and point measures. xiv. Representation of scores in tables and graphs. Characteristics of score distributions. Interpretation of scores. Modalities for record keeping and reporting. |
Concepts of measurement and evaluation in education. Types and uses of tests. Statistical methods in testing. The characteristics of good test – validity, reliability and usability. Measurement and evaluation at tertiary education level, e.g. computation and analysis of students results such as good- stranding, GPA, CGPA, weighted average, weighted score/point, and classification of students performance. Computer based testing, online presentation of students results, etc. |
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