本研究旨在確認中學家政教師應具備之家政知能、探討教師檢定工具相關問題、發展家政領域基本知能之紙筆測驗，以提供家政教師檢定、教師甄選、教育實習考評或家政師資培育階段學生學習狀況檢視之參考，期能確實掌握家政教師素質，促成家政師資專業化之發展。本研究乃採文獻分析、學者專家座談以及調查研究等方法進行。首先透過文獻探討初擬測驗編製藍圖，後經專家學者座談確認測驗架構、訂定命題原則，由國、高中家政教師及學者所組成的測驗編製小組據之發展試題。試題初稿經專家效度考驗後，依各領域內容及認知目標「知識、理解、應用、分析」分佈情形編製A、B兩份等值測驗實施測試。測試樣本立意抽取台灣師大家政教育系大四、碩士班學生，大五實習教師以及現職國、高中家政老師；測試後進行試題分析與信度的考驗。本研究重要結果為下：一、中學家政教師應具備的家政基本知能包括「家政的意義」、「個人與家庭」、「消費與資源管理」、「飲食」、「衣著」與「居住」等六個領域的知識。二、 本研究所發展的家政基本知能之紙筆測驗，經實證分析的結果，為一具備信、效度，且試題鑑別力優良、難易度適中之測驗。三、 教師資格檢定工具應包括基本能力測驗、學科領域測驗以及基本的教育學測驗，其中學科領域測驗可採紙筆測驗形式發展。本研究最後依據研究結果，分別針對未來研究、測驗使用及教育行政機關、學校及（準）家政教師提出建議，作為參考。

In response to the new policy of teacher education, the study aims to identify the minimum home economics competencies of home economics teachers at high school level for developing and validating the assessment instrument to assess and certify home economics teachers. In the meanwhile, the instrument can be used in assessing the competencies of students at home economics teacher education program. It is expected that the study will be of value in upgrading the quality of home economics teachers and home economics teaching in general. The research methods of this study included documents analysis, panel discussion and questionnaire survey. First, through documents analysis and panel discussion to identify the minimum competencies of home economics teachers at high school level. In addition, a blueprint of "Paper-Pencil Test of Minimum Home Economics Competencies" was constructed by panel discussion. Second, the test was developed and submitted to an expert panel for testing content validity. And then the test was piloted and examined the reliability and validity. Finally, the passing score of the test for certification of minimum home economics competencies was proposed. Main conclusions of this study were as follows:1. The majority of home economics competencies included the knowledge of "Means of Home Economics", "Individual and Family", "Management of Consume and Resources", "Food ", "Clothes" and "Living".2. The "Paper-Pencil Test of Minimum Home Economics Competencies" is a test that has good reliability and validity.3. The instruments of teacher certification should included basic-skill test, subject-content test and basic-pedagogy test. In it, subject-content test could be developed by paper-pencil test.Suggestions for future study, test use, student teacher education and teacher employments of home economics were proposed.