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CONTENTS

Unit 1: Educational Testing and Assessment : Concept, Context, Issues and Current Trends 1
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Unit 2: Measurement and Evaluation : Concept, Need, Scope, Difference and Relevance 16
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Unit 3: Scales of Measurement : Ordinal, Nominal, Interval, Ratio 31
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Unit 4: Characteristics of a Good Test 37
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Unit 5: Planning for Different Types of Test 46
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Unit 6: Validity – Types , Methods and Usability 63
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Unit 7: Reliability – Types , Methods and Usability 78
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Unit 8: Test Construction 90
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Unit 9: Test Standardization 111
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Unit 10: Item Analysis : Item Difficulty, Discrimination Index, Effectiveness of Distractors 125
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Unit 11: Development of Norms of a Test 149
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Unit 12: Conversion of Raw Scores into Standard Scores, T-scores, C-scores, Z-scores, Stanine Scores,Percentiles 158
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Unit 13: Interpretation of Test Scores : Qualitative and Quantitative 169
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Unit 14: Criterion Referenced Test 181
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Unit 15: Norm Referenced Test 187
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Unit 16: Factors Influencing Test Scores : Nature of Test, Psychological Factors and Environmental Factors 194
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Unit 17: Integrated Approach of Evaluation 200
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Unit 18: Marking System : Need, Problems, Components 209
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