The Assessment Handbook
ISSN 2094-1412
The Assessment Handbook is one of the official publications of the Psychometrics and Educational Statistics Division of the Philippine Educational Measurement and Evaluation Association. The journal publishes special articles that are themed related in assessment, evaluation, measurement, psychometrics, psychological testing, and statistics thast has been presented in the National Conference on Educatiopnal Measurement and Evaluation. Each issue of the journal is themed managed by a guest editor who is usually a presenter in the conference. The journal is international, refereed, and abstracted. The journal is presently abstracted in the Asian Education Index and Social Science Research Network.
Kinds of Scholarly work Published
Scholarly and scientific reports can be in the form of the following:
1. Empirical reports such as studies in developing a construct, scale and test development, norming and IRT approaches.
2. Empirical essays such as those dealing with relevant issues and arguments in the practice of assessment and evaluation.
3. Literature reviews of scales or tests as a measure of a construct.
4. Metanalytic studies that synthesize the use of instruments and varied assessment methods.
Submission Process
A guest editor proposes a theme, list of authors who will contribute in the special issue to the managing editor at pemea2008@yahoo.com, and the schedule of the review through a letter. The guest editor is then notified by the managing editor of the schedule of publication for his/her special issue. The guest editor is responsible for the call for papers, acceptance of manuscript, and farm out the articles received for review. The guest editor is also responsible for following up articles under revision from the submitting author. The guest editor makes the decision of the approval of the articles for publication in the special issue.
The manuscript upon submission undergoes a blind review process managed by the gust editor. The editor in charge of the manuscript submitted removes any identification of the author before sending it for review. The submitting author is notified upon receipt of the manuscript submission. The author is also informed not to submit the manuscript to any journal for publication. The author waits for less than 2 months for the review.
The manuscript before submitted must be formatted to the latest edition of the Publication Manual of the APA (5th edition). The manuscript should be double-spaced, use parenthetical citations, tables and figures are integrated within the text, and complete references should be found at the end of the report.
The manuscript is submitted on-line (through e-mail) to the guest editor accompanying a cover letter attesting that the manuscript has not been published nor submitted to other journals for publication. The title page of the manuscript should indicate the complete name, affiliation, affiliation address, e-mail address, cell phone number, and telephone/fax number of the corresponding author. In case there are multiple authors, one of them should be assigned as the corresponding author for the manuscript.
The Review Process
Stage 1: The manuscript is reviewed by the receiving editor for format and whether the requirements stated for submission are complete.
Stage 2: When the manuscript upon submission is complete and complied with all requirements, the identification of the author is removed and will be sent for blind review. The receiving editor keeps track of the identity of the author, timeline of the review, corresponds to the authors and reviewers, serves as a referee among authors and reviewers.
Stage 3: Upon completing the review, the editor sends the comments of all reviewers to the author.
Stage 4: The author upon receiving the manuscript should address all concerns provided in the review. Upon resubmission the author writes back to the editor details on how the comments were addressed and how the manuscript was improved. The author is given two to three weeks to resubmit the manuscript.
Stage 5. The editor reviews if all comments were addressed by the author. In case there are still concerns about the manuscript, it is sent back to the author. When all comments are addressed the paper will be accepted for publication and the author received a formal notification.
Stage 6: When the manuscript is accepted for publication, the author signs copyright transfer to the Publication Committee of the PEMEA.
Editorial Board
Prof. Rose Marie Salazar-Clemeña, De La Salle University, Manila Dr. Ma. Leticia Asuzano, Asian Psychological Services Assessment Corp.
Dr. Milagros Ibe, University of the Philippines, Diliman
Prof. Alexa Abrenica, De La Salle University, Manila
Dr. Anders Jonsson, Malmo University, Sweden
Dr. Jack Holbrook, University of Tartu, Estonia
Dr. John Hattie, The University of Auckland
Dr. Timothy Teo, National Institute of Education, Singapore
Dr. Jose Pedrajita, University of the Philippines, Diliman
Prof. Tom Oakland, University of Florida, USA
Dr. Jimmy dela Torre, Rutgers University, USA
Dr. Maryann Vargas, University of Sto. Tomas, Manila
Dr. Leonore Decencenteo, Center for Educational Measurement, Inc.
Managing Editors
Dr. Carlo Magno, De La Salle University, Manila
Laramie Tolentino, Australian National University, Australia
Dr. Richard Gonzales, Development Strategists International Consulting
Belen Chu, Philippine Academy of Sakya
Copyright © 2011 by the Psychometrics and Educational Statistics Division of the Philippine Educational Measurement and Evaluation Association (PEMEA). Center for Learning and Performance Assessment, De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde, 2544 Taft Ave. Manila, Philippines. The Assessment handbook is compiled by the Publication Division of PEMEA and Psychometrics and Educational Statistics Division.