CPCE - Assessment and testing

Appraisal Process of assessing or estimating attributes Free choice / free response Short answer Forced choice NCE/CPCE Recognition items Difficulty index Indicates percentage of people who answered each item correctly Normative & Ipsative format 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 Achievement - Measure maximum performance or present level of skill Personality - typical performance Q-sort Sorting statements to evaluate self-esteem Sprial test vs. cyclical test Spiral - Items get progressively harder Cyclical - several sections which are spiral Test battery Horizontal test - measures various factors (ex: math & science) during same testing procedure Which is more important, validity or reliability? Validity - a test must measure what it means to measure Types of validity Content - does the test examine the behavior under scrutiny? Construct - test's ability to measure a theoretical construct like intelligence Concurrent - how well the test compares to other instruments that are intended for the same purpose Predictive (empirical) - test's ability to predict future behavior according to criteria Consequential - social implications of using tests * criterion validity - concurrent validity and predictive validity together Incremental vs. synthetic validity