2014 Volume 53 Pages 70-82
This study reviews research on psychometrics and educational measurement published in the second half of 2012 and the first half of 2013 in Japan. Classifying constructs into psychological traits (e.g., personality and emotion) and abilities, each study is reviewed from the viewpoints of scale development, testing, supporting test development, theory, and others. The review found that (1) some researchers do not consider confirming the reliability and validity an important part of scale development; (2) some short-form scales are easily composed by merely fitting path models; (3) item response theory is no longer for researchers alone but also for users; (4) disseminating technical knowledge of measuring constructs is necessary in this society where miscellaneous tests and scales abound; however, (5) Japan has few specialists in psychometrics and educational measurement. All educational psychology researchers must spread awareness of not only "Evaluation BY Tests" but also "Evaluation OF Tests."
