Department of Educational Measurement and Assessment

Department of Educational Measurement is currently admitting students in Masters and PhD levels. Due to the urgent need for training specialised graduates in the area of Educational Measurement or Psychometrics, the Department has ever since its establishment tried to offer relevant degree programmes to postgraduate students.
To date, there are 7 full-time faculty members teaching and researching in the Department. The faculty members are offering the latest advances in various branches and areas of Educational Measurement. Of the 7 faculty members, 1 member is full professor, 5 members are associate professors, and 1 member is assistant professor.
Moreover, there are currently about 88 students studying in the Department. Since 1993, a total of 340 students have graduated from the Department. In the 2018-2019 academic year, a total of 34 freshmen were admitted into the Department and 11 students were graduated.

 

 

Degree Programmes

 

The programmes offered in the Department of Educational Administration and Planning are introduced and specified below.

 

Masters Degree Programmes

• Educational Measurement (Psychometrics): The masters degree programme in Educational Measurement (Psychometrics) started to admit students since 1990. The programme is offered in Allameh Tabataba'i University for a period of 2 years, 4 semesters. After passing the taught courses, students have to prepare and defend a masters dissertation to receive their degrees.
• Educational Research: The masters degree programme in Educational Research started to admit students since 2016. The programme is offered in Allameh Tabataba'i University for a period of 2 years, 4 semesters. After passing the taught courses, students have to prepare and defend a masters dissertation to receive their degrees.

 

PhD Degree Programme

• Educational Measurement: The PhD degree programme in Educational Measurement started to admit students since 2007. The programme is offered in Allameh Tabataba'i University for a period of 4 years, 8 semesters. Students have to pass 18 taught credits followed by another 18 dissertation credits, 36 credits in total. After passing the 18 taught credits, students have to sit a "comprehensive exam" and receive a minimum mark 16, out of 20. After the Comprehensive Exam, the PhD candidates are allowed to choose their dissertation titles and prepare their proposals with the helps of supervisors and advisors.

 

 

Department Head

 

Dr. Mohammad Asgari
PhD in Educational Psychology from Allameh Tabataba'i University, Iran (2007)
Faculty Member
Email Address: drmasgari@atu.ac.ir
Contact No.:+9821 4839 3294
Research Interests:Learning how to think, Testing, Psychology tests.
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Faculty Members

 

To date, 7 full-time faculty members are employed and collaborating with the Department in providing educational and research services to the students and researchers. The faculty members of the Department are briefly introduced below. The names are sorted alphabetically.
For more detailed information about the faculty members, you can refer to ATU's SIMAP Portal.

 

 

Dr. Noorali Farrokhi
PhD in Educational Psychology from Allameh Tabataba'i University, Iran (2004)
Faculty Member
Email Address: farrokhi@atu.ac.ir
Contact No.:+9821 4839 3180
Research Interests: Educational psychology, Evaluation, Statistics and research methods, Educational measurement.
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Dr. Mohammad Reza Falsafi Nejad
PhD in Educational Measurement from University of Birmingham, England (2005).
Faculty Member
Email Address: falsafinejad@atu.ac.ir
Contact No.:+9821 4839 3174
Research Interests: Measurement models, Item response theory, Research method.
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Dr. Asghar Minaei
PhD in Educational Measurement from Allameh Tabataba'i University (2012)
Faculty Member
Email Address: asghar_minaei@atu.ac.ir
Contact No.:+9821 4473 3182
Research Interests: Rasch and IRT modeling; Factor analysis and structural equation modeling; Cognitive diagnostic assessment; Test construction and adaptation.
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Dr. Jalil Younesi
PhD in Educational Measurement From Allameh Tababtaba'i University, Iran (2012)
Faculty Member
Email Address: younesi@atu.ac.ir
Contact No.:+9821 4473 3188
Research Interests: Psychological measurement and assessment, Assessment center and development center, Talent management.
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Dr. Enayatollah Zamanpour
PhD in Assessment & measurement (psychometrics) from Allameh Tabataba'i University, 2017.
Faculty Member
Email Address: zamanpour@atu.ac.ir
Contact No.:+982148393254

Research Interests:  measuring and developing childrens talent and skills; applied mixed research in the field of psychology and educational sciences; Facet theory; multivariate statistics & Item response theory
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Emeritus Faculty Members:

 

Dr. Ali Delavar

Distinguished Professor
PhD in Statistics, Research Methodology, and Psychometrics from University of Florida, US (1978)
Retired Faculty Member
Email Address: delavar@atu.ac.ir
Contact No.:+9821 4473 3164
Research Interests: Psychometrics, Methodology, Evaluation.
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Yahya Mohajer

 

 

 

 

 

Mohammad Kazem Salimi Zadeh