IPEM was Founded in 1979 under the able leadership of a well known expert
in the field of aptitude testing and personnel selection, Dr. Sushil K.V.
Liddle, with the help and cooperation of Dr. A. Edwin Harper, Jr. an
eminent American psychometrician.
The internationally known Institute of Psychological
and Educational Measurement (IPEM), is an autonomous, nonprofit,
registered organization engaged in educational measurement, and psychometric
research.
The Institute of Psychological and Educational Measurement (IPEM) are
pioneers in India in objective examinations and modern psychometric testing
for educational guidance. IPEM has enjoyed the trust of
government, quasi-government, private education organizations and
corporations for over 25 years by providing valid and reliable testing
services for admissions, and educational guidance. IPEM has
the distinction of providing admission testing services to a vast number
of institutions at both under -graduate and post-graduate level, in
social, agricultural, pure sciences, commerce, law, medicine, management
and computer sciences etc. IPEM services are widely acclaimed for
integrity, excellence, reliability and promptness.
IPEM’S MISSION STATEMENT |
At IPEM our Mission is “To provide quality learning and assessment services and support education with the help of research and technology”.
IPEM’S OBJECTIVES | |
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To provide professional and consultative services in matters relating to
education.
» To undertake educational activities in areas related to educational and
psychological measurement and related fields; and conduct & develop
psychological, educational tests and examinations.
» To provide professional and consultative services in areas
related to educational and psychological evaluation. To create, conduct and
evaluate custom made psychometric, academic and achievement examinations.
» To provide International Primary and Secondary education related services.
PROGRAMMES & DIVISIONS | |
» DOMESTIC TESTING SERVICES :
At the national level, IPEM’s tests have earned high credibility for
providing professional and secure admission & recruitment testing services
to colleges, universities and corporations since 1979. IPEM has a dedicated
team of research scholars, reputed experts in the field of educational and
psychological measurement and subject teachers spread across the country who
jointly develop ‘tailor made’ examinations to suit the requirements of the
test users for particular jobs, positions or courses of study. As an
important part of the test development exercise, the items or questions
incorporated undergo statistical analysis. After receiving the items from
trained item-writers, the items pass through subject experts who check the
face validity and the appropriateness of each item. The items are then pre
tested on a small group for purpose of identifying ambiguities left, if any,
for checking their difficulty level and identifying strong and weak
distractors. Sophisticated software is also used for this purpose. After the
test administration, various other properties of a test for e.g., test
reliability and validity are determined.
In addition to the expertise in developing tests IPEM also has the latest
and most sophisticated data processing equipment for processing exam
registrations, answer sheets and results. Our Electronic Data Processing (EDP)
division is equipped with the latest high speed NCS Optical Mark Readers (OMR)
that are capable of evaluating over 100,000 answer sheets or registration
applications per day and Fujitsu speed image scanners for Intelligent
Character Recognition (ICR)
A) Scholastic Assessment Programme : Designated primarily for
school children from classes vii to xii. It aims at assessing aptitude of
each student for proper guidance and diagnosis of qualitative strengths and
weaknesses in student’s educational development.
B)
Admission Testing Programme : This service assists Universities and
other educational institutions. that wish to use reliable objective and
scientifically developed,secure tests, for admitting students to various
courses in the areas of Humanities, Sciences, Commerce, Law, Medicine,
Agriculture and Management etc.
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EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH AND CONSULTANCY SERVICES:
IPEM has carried out a number of educational research projects on behalf of
government organisations and NGO’s. It has conducted rural and urban educational
research projects for The State Institute of Educational Management and
Training, (SIEMAT).
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COUNSELING AND GUIDANCE SERVICES :
IPEM provides counseling and guidance services for Educational counseling,
career counseling & vocational guidance, behavioral counseling, counseling for
learning disabilities, and stress related counseling. IPEM has provided its
counseling services to a large number of individuals, schools. IPEM has
conducted many workshops for counseling for teachers, schools, and other
organizations. It has also conducted many workshops for behavioral counseling
for the Indian army.
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IPEM INTERNATIONAL
SCHOOL:
The IPEM society started the IPEM International School as a new educational
venture in July, 2004. The school was started under the able leadership of the
Director, Dr. Mrs. L.G. Liddle and the Honorary Principal Miss S. Chatterjee who
is the ex Principal La Martiniere Girls, Kolkata.
IPEM International School is presently a growing primary school proposed to go
up to Grade 12 (Affiliated to the CISCE for conducting the ICSE -class 10
exams ). IPEM aims to provide International quality education at their school
and use the latest teaching methodologies and tools.
IPEM believes that
classroom learning is insufficient to make a child excel in life; therefore it
aims to provide students with learning beyond academics, by developing talents
through an emphasis on co-curricular activities and life skills. The curriculum
is well researched, stress free and project based international learning
methodology is adopted. To ensure that the curriculum is delivered
appropriately, a low student teacher ratio is maintained, and personalized care
is given to every child. Emphasis is laid on collaboration between parents so
that they are actively involved in their children's education.
Situated in the posh Civil Lines area in a modern spacious campus, the IPEM
International School is quickly accessible from any part of the city. It has
spacious classrooms, computer labs, a music room, activity room, and a movie
room with a home theatre system. It has a unique theme play park, a sports field
and trained physical instructors for sports, PT and martial arts.