CPCE - Assessment and testing Correct 100%

Appraisal - ANSWER Process of assessing or estimating attributes Free choice / free response - ANSWER Short answer Forced choice - ANSWER NCE/CPCE Recognition items Difficulty index - ANSWER Indicates percentage of people who answered each item correctly Normative & Ipsative format - ANSWER Normative - person's score evaluated by comparing it to others who took same test Ipsative - measures compare traits within same person Achievement (attainment) tests vs. personality (interest) inventory - ANSWER Achievement - Measure maximum performance or present level of skill Personality - typical performance Q-sort - ANSWER Sorting statements to evaluate self-esteem Sprial test vs. cyclical test - ANSWER Spiral - Items get progressively harder Cyclical - several sections which are spiral Test battery - ANSWER Horizontal test - measures various factors (ex: math & science) during same testing procedure Which is more important, validity or reliability? - ANSWER Validity - a test must measure what it means to measure