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Characteristics of a good measuring tool
The document outlines the characteristics of a good educational measuring tool, emphasizing five key attributes: validity, reliability, measurability, practicability, and objectivity. Validity refers to the accuracy of what the test measures, while reliability concerns the consistency of results over repeated trials. Measurability, practicability, and objectivity highlight the importance of assessing student abilities effectively and efficiently without bias.
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Characteristics of a good measuring tool
- 1. CHARACTERISTICS OF AGOOD MEASURING TOOL DR. Roma Smart Joseph Teacher Educator, Lucknow, UP, India [email protected]
- 2. INTRODUCTION: Educational Measurement refers tothe use of educational assessments and the analysis of data such as scores obtained from educational assessments to infer the abilities and proficiencies of students.
- 3. CHARACTERISTICS OF A GOODMEASURING TOOL: The following are the characteristics of a good measuring tool a)Validity b)Reliability c)Measurability d)Practicability e)Objectivity
- 4. a) VALIDITY Validity isthe extent to which a test measures what it claims to measure.
- 5. b) RELIABILITY It isthe consistency of measurement, or the degree to which an instrument measures the same way each time it is used under the same condition with the same subjects.
- 6. C) PRACTICABILITY It isease in administration, scoring, interpretation and application, low cost, etc.
- 7. d) MEASURABILITY It shouldmeasure the objectives to be achieved.
- 8. e) OBJECTIVIT: The degreeto which a test’s results are obtained the same by scoring different scores without influences of their biases or beliefs on scoring is known as objectivity.
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