Educational Measurement Solutions

Learning Corner

Welcome to our learning corner! Here you can find out more detailed information about educational measurement, links to large scale assessment programs, and where to go to find other resources such as data analysis tutorials.

Measurement, test construction and data analysis resources

Associate Professor Margaret Wu and Professor Ray Adams have kindly made the following publication available for download to people interested in learning more about measurement.

Wu, M. & Adams, R. (2007). Applying the Rasch model to psycho-social measurement: A practical approach. Educational Measurement Solutions, Melbourne.

Each chapter can be downloaded separately by clicking on the relevant links below. We recommend that you download the Introduction chapter first to see which of the other chapters may be of interest. As a general guide, the first two chapters are useful as an introduction to measurement. Chapter three considers the development of tests from a measurement perspective. Chapters four and five introduces the Rasch model, one particular item response theory model, that is used to analyse measurement data. Chapters six to eight provide guidelines on how to prepare and conduct your own rasch analysis of test data. Otherwise, you can download the complete document here.

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER ONE: WHAT IS MEASUREMENT?

CHAPTER TWO: AN IDEAL MEASUREMENT

CHAPTER THREE: DEVELOPING TESTS FROM IRT PERSPECTIVES –
CONSTRUCT AND FRAMEWORK

CHAPTER FOUR: THE RASCH MODEL (THE DICHOTOMOUS CASE)

CHAPTER FIVE: THE RASCH MODEL (THE POLYTOMOUS CASE)

CHAPTER SIX: PREPARING DATA FOR RASCH ANALYSIS

CHAPTER SEVEN: ITEM ANALYSIS STEPS

CHAPTER EIGHT: HOW WELL DO THE DATA FIT THE MODEL?

Links to Australian Assessment Programs

National Assessment Program - Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) http://www.naplan.edu.au/

National Assessment Program
http://www.acara.edu.au/assessment/assessment.html

Links to International Assessment Programs