This article is a critical review of the internship measurement scales in higher education. Although the importance of internships is widely acknowledged in the literature, there is a scarcity of attempts to construct a scale to measure internship outcomes. In fact, a thorough examination of the internship literature reveals that there are only two internship measurement scales, which are relatively recent. It is a widespread practice that empirical studies in this area use job-related scales in their endeavour to measure internship-related constructs such as internship satisfaction and internship effectiveness. This is mostly due to the lack of available internship scales and partly due to the naive assumption that job-related scales can be somehow altered and may readily be adapted to internship-related contexts, disregarding the contextual and contractual differences between a job and an internship. This casts doubt on the validity of the findings in those studies. However, the valid measurement of internships is not only necessary to meet the highest academic standards but also to make evidence-based employability policies in higher education institutions. Therefore, this article aims to highlight the need to measure internship processes more effectively based on a sound method and bring this issue to the attention of the research community worldwide. To that end, the existing scales of internship are critically examined and areas for improvements are highlighted.

本文是对高等教育实习测量量表的批判性回顾。尽管实习的重要性在文献中得到广泛认可，但很少有人尝试构建衡量实习结果的量表。事实上，对实习文献的彻底检查表明，实习测量量表只有两个，而且是相对较新的。普遍的做法是，该领域的实证研究使用与工作相关的量表来衡量与实习相关的结构，例如实习满意度和实习效率。这主要是由于缺乏可用的实习规模，部分原因是天真地假设与工作相关的规模可以以某种方式改变并且可以很容易地适应与实习相关的环境，忽略工作和实习之间的背景和合同差异。这让人怀疑这些研究结果的有效性。然而，实习的有效衡量不仅是满足最高学术标准所必需的，而且对于在高等教育机构中制定基于证据的就业能力政策也是必要的。因此，本文旨在强调基于合理方法更有效地衡量实习过程的必要性，并引起全球研究界对这一问题的关注。为此，对现有的实习规模进行了严格审查，并强调了需要改进的地方。实习的有效衡量不仅是达到最高学术标准所必需的，而且对于在高等教育机构中制定基于证据的就业能力政策也是必要的。因此，本文旨在强调基于合理方法更有效地衡量实习过程的必要性，并引起全球研究界对这一问题的关注。为此，对现有的实习规模进行了严格审查，并强调了需要改进的地方。实习的有效衡量不仅是达到最高学术标准所必需的，而且对于在高等教育机构中制定基于证据的就业能力政策也是必要的。因此，本文旨在强调基于合理方法更有效地衡量实习过程的必要性，并引起全球研究界对这一问题的关注。为此，对现有的实习规模进行了严格审查，并强调了需要改进的地方。