Psychological Testing and Assessment,
Intelligence & Testing, Achievement Tests,
Psychoeducational Test Batteries
Testing -
✅The process of measuring psychology-related variables by means of devices or procedures
designed to obtain a sample of behavior.
Assessment -
✅The gathering and integration of psychology-related data for the purpose of making a
psychological evaluation through tools such as tests, interviews, case studies, behavioral observation,
and other methods.
Objective of Testing -
✅typically to obtain some gauge, usually numerical in nature, with regard to an ability or tribute.
Objective of Assessment -
✅typically to answer a referral question, solve a problem or arrive at a decision through the tools
of evaluation.
Psychological Tests -
✅a device or procedure designed to measure variables related to psychology (e.g. intelligence,
attitudes, personality, interests, etc.).
Ways Psychological Tests Differ -
✅Psychological tests vary by content, format, administration, scoring, interpretation, and
technical quality
Scoring -
✅the process of assigning such evaluative codes or statements to performance on tests, tasks,
interviews, or other behavior samples. Scoring of tests may be simple, such as summing responses to
items, or may require more elaborate procedures.
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,Cut Score -
✅A reference point, usually numerical, used to divide data into two or more classifications (e.g.
pass or fail).
Psychometric Soundness -
✅-"technical quality"
-Psychometrics is the science of psychological measurement. The psychometric soundness of a test
depends on how consistently and accurately the test measures what it purports to measure.
-test users sometimes referred to as "psychometrists" or "psychometricians"
Case History Data -
✅Information preserved in records, transcripts, or other forms.
-preserves information that is relevant to an assessee
Behavioral Observation -
✅Monitoring the actions of people through visual or electronic means
Accommodations for the "Alternative Assessment" -
✅-assessment of people with disabilities
-Accommodations need to be made - the adaptation of a test, procedure, or situation, or the
substitution of one test for another, to make the assessment more suitable for an assessee with
exceptional needs
Interpretation of Scores -
✅Some tests results can be interpreted easily, or interpreted by computer, whereas other tests
require expertise for proper interpretation.
Computers as Tools -
✅-computers can assist in test administration, scoring, and interpretation
Reports -
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, ✅Reports may come in the form of a simple scoring report, extended scoring report, interpretive
report, consultative report, or integrative report.
Integrative Report -
✅a computerized scoring report designed to integrate data from sources other than the test
itself into the interpretive report
-employs previously collected data in the test report such as medication record or behavioral
observation data
Parties -
✅-the test developer
-The Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing
-the test user
-the test taker
-society at large
-other parties
The Test Developer -
✅tests are created for research studies, publication (as commercially available instruments), or
as modifications of existing tests.
The Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing -
✅The Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing covers issues related to test
construction and evaluation, test administration and use, special applications of tests and
considerations for linguistic minorities.
The Test User -
✅tests are used by a wide range of professionals
The Test Taker -
✅anyone who is the subject of an assessment or evaluation is a test-taker
-Test-takers may differ on a number of variables at the time of testing (e.g. test anxiety, emotional
distress, physical discomfort, alertness, etc)
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Intelligence & Testing, Achievement Tests,
Psychoeducational Test Batteries
Testing -
✅The process of measuring psychology-related variables by means of devices or procedures
designed to obtain a sample of behavior.
Assessment -
✅The gathering and integration of psychology-related data for the purpose of making a
psychological evaluation through tools such as tests, interviews, case studies, behavioral observation,
and other methods.
Objective of Testing -
✅typically to obtain some gauge, usually numerical in nature, with regard to an ability or tribute.
Objective of Assessment -
✅typically to answer a referral question, solve a problem or arrive at a decision through the tools
of evaluation.
Psychological Tests -
✅a device or procedure designed to measure variables related to psychology (e.g. intelligence,
attitudes, personality, interests, etc.).
Ways Psychological Tests Differ -
✅Psychological tests vary by content, format, administration, scoring, interpretation, and
technical quality
Scoring -
✅the process of assigning such evaluative codes or statements to performance on tests, tasks,
interviews, or other behavior samples. Scoring of tests may be simple, such as summing responses to
items, or may require more elaborate procedures.
1|Page
,Cut Score -
✅A reference point, usually numerical, used to divide data into two or more classifications (e.g.
pass or fail).
Psychometric Soundness -
✅-"technical quality"
-Psychometrics is the science of psychological measurement. The psychometric soundness of a test
depends on how consistently and accurately the test measures what it purports to measure.
-test users sometimes referred to as "psychometrists" or "psychometricians"
Case History Data -
✅Information preserved in records, transcripts, or other forms.
-preserves information that is relevant to an assessee
Behavioral Observation -
✅Monitoring the actions of people through visual or electronic means
Accommodations for the "Alternative Assessment" -
✅-assessment of people with disabilities
-Accommodations need to be made - the adaptation of a test, procedure, or situation, or the
substitution of one test for another, to make the assessment more suitable for an assessee with
exceptional needs
Interpretation of Scores -
✅Some tests results can be interpreted easily, or interpreted by computer, whereas other tests
require expertise for proper interpretation.
Computers as Tools -
✅-computers can assist in test administration, scoring, and interpretation
Reports -
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, ✅Reports may come in the form of a simple scoring report, extended scoring report, interpretive
report, consultative report, or integrative report.
Integrative Report -
✅a computerized scoring report designed to integrate data from sources other than the test
itself into the interpretive report
-employs previously collected data in the test report such as medication record or behavioral
observation data
Parties -
✅-the test developer
-The Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing
-the test user
-the test taker
-society at large
-other parties
The Test Developer -
✅tests are created for research studies, publication (as commercially available instruments), or
as modifications of existing tests.
The Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing -
✅The Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing covers issues related to test
construction and evaluation, test administration and use, special applications of tests and
considerations for linguistic minorities.
The Test User -
✅tests are used by a wide range of professionals
The Test Taker -
✅anyone who is the subject of an assessment or evaluation is a test-taker
-Test-takers may differ on a number of variables at the time of testing (e.g. test anxiety, emotional
distress, physical discomfort, alertness, etc)
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