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IPEM is engaged in various educational research projects and has worked with some of the top government and non-government bodies to conduct educational research. Every year IPEM publishes a research report based on the analyses of the Aptitude and Achievement Test. Besides this, IPEM has also undertaken independent Research Projects under the UPSEB (Uttar Pradesh State Education Board) and SIEMAT (State Institute of Educational Management and Training).
 IPEM each year spends a large amount of money in conducting educational research and has a highly dedicated team of research scholars, reputed experts in the field of educational and psychological measurement and subject teachers spread across the country for carrying out these projects. Some of the published research work can be viewed below. For the latest versions research reports please write to us.
» In Association with State Institute of Educational Management & Training (SIEMAT) :

Project  I -   A comparative study of Achievements of Primary school students with, and without pre-
primary education.

Project II -  Role of Private Institutions in Expanding Elementary Education. -  Role of Private Institutions in Expanding Elementary Education.

» In Association with Council for Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) :
Click here to DOWNLOAD AAT 2002 Research Report

Project : A Research Report on the Academic Aptitude & Achievement Tests conducted at the CISCE Schools for classes VII – XII

» In Association with Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) :

Project : Study of the Test of Educational Abilities conducted at the CBSE Schools for Class X

 
Click here to email   ipem@vsnl.com for your free copy
 
Admission and Recruitment Testing  

The internationally known Institute of Psychological and Educational Measurement (IPEM), is an autonomous, non-profit, registered organization engaged in educational measurement and psychometric research for the purpose of student and personnel recruitment for the past two decades.  IPEM is one of the largest non-government testing agencies in the country. IPEM is an ETS Certified Test Administration Site (CTAS), to deliver ETS - Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL iBT) and   ETS - Graduate Record Examination (GRE).

IPEM’s tests have earned high credibility for providing professional and secure admission & recruitment testing services to colleges, universities and corporations since 1979. We have a highly dedicated team of research scholars, reputed experts in the field of educational and psychological measurement and subject teachers spread across the country that jointly develop ‘tailor made’ examinations to suit the requirements of the test users. Our test items are custom designed to accurately help evaluate particular aptitude or traits required in a candidate for a particular job or course of study.

For more information about our domestic testing services please see our "domestic testing service" section on this website.
 
ITEM AND TEST EVALUATION :
As an important part of the test development exercise, the items or questions incorporated in a test undergo severe evaluation. Firstly, after receiving the items from trained item-writers, the items pass through the judgement of subject experts who cheek the content, language and structure 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 through a simple yet sophisticated software on item analysis developed by the EDP section of IPEM. Thus, this exercise helps in arriving at appropriate items for a particular test. After the test administration, various other properties of a test for e.g., test reliability and validity are determined.

Question Bank Software


IPEM's Infotech division and R&D division has jointly developed a scalable question banking software which enables testing agencies to save their question banks securely in electronic format and create tests using the same. The software remembers when a question was last used and also stores the discrimation, and differential values of questions along with time required, marks, difficulty level. It is also capable of storing images, symbols and mathematical equations with questions. This software will is available for commercial sale.
 

Guidance And Counselling Services

STUDENT GUIDANCE SERVICES :

The Institute of Psychological and Educational Measurement (IPEM) an institution which has an unblemished record of credibility, authenticity and scientific expertise has been constantly involved in several innovative test programs and has the credit for introducing and training personnel in objective testing for selection and examination in colleges, universities and also central administrative services.

GUIDANCE COUNSELLING :

The individual needs expert help for optimum achievement and adequate adjustment in varied life situation. The student life is getting more complex day by day. The Institute of Psychological and Educational Measurement (IPEM) has felt the need and importance of guidance and counselling for students. IPEM’s Counselling Center is playing a very important role in the overall development of the child. The Counselling Center is headed by  a  professionally qualified counsellor working in this field for the last ten years. Any individual who finds difficulty in dealing with the situation relating to his/her educational, social and personal life can contact the counsellor at the IPEM.  

The period when the child is in school is most crucial for the development of his potentialities and capacities. It is during this period that the skills and abilities are developing, interests, attitudes and habits are being formed and social and emotional adjustments are taking place. Guidance-both adjustive and developmental is needed at the school. Parents have neither the time nor the professional know-how to deal with the problems of their children. IPEM’s Counselling center provides guidance and counselling in the area of Education, Vocation (Career planning), personal and social.

(1) EDUCATION -To make appropriate subject choice. To explore educational    possibilities      beyond their present educational level. Guidance is also given at the crisis points of student’s life.

(2) VOCATION  -Making students aware by disseminating occupational information. Assisting the students in decision making. Enabling students to discover information about themselves. Tests are also used for this purpose.

(3)   SOCIAL    - This area covers the problem students face in social relationships.

- Students face many personal problems related to themselves, their parents, friends, siblings, their education and social adjustment. 

Minni Aurora
Guidance Counsellor, IPEM
Academic Aptitude and Achievement Test (AAT)  

To help you and your child to select a course of study which will suit him/her best in attaining a successful and satisfactory educational career, the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations, New Delhi, in collaboration with the Institute of Psychological and Educational Measurement (IPEM), Allahabad., a reputed Indian testing organization, has been offering a programme of Academic Aptitude and Achievement Testing for the benefit of the students of classes VII to XII of English medium schools. The scores on these tests are intended to provide helpful information to students and their parents and teachers about the students' scholastic abilities, information which will help make better decisions about the students academic future.

AAT consists of two tests : An academic aptitude test and an achievement test. No special preparation is needed to take these tests. It is recommended that students take both the tests for a better assessment of their abilities. The academic aptitude and achievement tests are designed to measure three important aspects of a students academic life:

» his potential for academic work.
» his knowledge in different subject areas.
» his ability to use that knowledge.

 Aptitude Test : This is a two hour test. It is intended to indicate the level of development of verbal and quantitative reasoning abilities which are considered by educational scientists to be essential for success in the next higher level of education.

Achievement Test : This is a two to three hour test and is intended to provide information about the students' achievement of skills in the subjects studied at school. The emphasis is on assessment of school learned academic abilities and skills of comprehension, analysis and judgement and application developed in his/her subjects of study, rather than bookish information and knowledge only.

 AAT Certificate of Performance and Helpful Guidelines : Each test taker receives a certificate of performance awarded jointly by the Council and the IPEM. The certificate will give the students Grade and Percentile Ranks, a student Performance Profile for each section of the test for easy interpretation of performance and a detailed interpretative information about students current potential level and suggestions about future subject streams for which he/she is best suited.

How to register for AAT: Students desiring to take AAT must register with their school authorities along with the prescribed fee.

Click here for our AAT research project

Test of Educational Abilities (TEA )

IPEM is offering Test of Educational Abilities (TEA) for class X students at CBSE affiliated schools to provide helpful information to students, their parents and their teachers about their academic abilities, which may otherwise not be available in the school programme, and which will greatly help them make better decisions about the students' academic future.

TEA has two tests :
Aptitude test and Achievement test - both tests are compulsory for a better assessment of abilities. No special preparation is needed to appear for the Aptitude test.
The Achievement test is intended to provide information about the student's achievement of skills in the subjects studied at school.

Besides offering TEA for class X students only, IPEM is also conducting Academic Aptitude & Academic Achievement Tests for classes VII to IX, XI & XII.

 TEA Certificate of Performance : Each test taker will receive a certificate of performance which will give the Stenines and Percentile Ranks, a students Ability Record and a detailed interpretative information about students current potential level and suggestions about future subject streams for which he/she is best suited.

 How to register for TEA : Students desiring to take TEA must register with their school authorities along with the prescribed fee.

 Click here for our TEA research project.

Library

IPEM is well equipped with a fledged library where the members have access to books on Educational & Psychological Testing, Measurement, Evaluation, Counseling, Statistics, latest editions of general studies manual, journals like University News, National Geographic, Everyman's Science, encyclopaedias, dictionaries of technical terms and books on various subject based on the ISCE,  CBSE, UP Board and various Universities syllabi.

Workshops and Seminars

As a prerequisite to test development, from time to time IPEM conducts workshops to train item-writers in the art of writing objective-type multiple-choice items. Also, it holds seminars and presentations in Allahabad as well as in other parts of the country to educate the participants about the usefulness of aptitude testing in one's academic life and also to inform them about various services provided by the Institute.

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