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PART43ONE43The43Principles43of43Assessment43C
hapter431:43Introduction43to43Assessment
Introduction
What43Is43Assessment?
The43Purposes43of43Assessment
Multiple43Methods43and43Multiple43Sourc
es43The43Assessment43Process
Competencies43Required43for43Assessment
43Historical43Perspectives
Assessment43and43Technology43
Computer-
Based43Assessment43Internet
-Based43Assessment
Controversial43Issues43in43Assessment43Su
mmary
Moving43Forward43Quest
ions43for43Discussion43Su
ggested43Activities43Refe
rences
Multiple43Choice43Questions
1. Which43of43the43following43statements43is43the43most43accurate?
a. Assessment43begins43after43the43first43face-to-face43meeting43with43a43client.
b. Assessment43occurs43only43in43the43first43meeting43with43a43client.
c. Assessment43occurs43throughout43the43course43of43the43helping43relationship.
d. All43of43the43above.
2. In43addition43to43tests,43professionals43may43also43gather43client43information43from:
a. interviews
b. observations
c. collateral43sources
d. all43of43the43above
3. Which43statement43is43correct?
a. Assessment43is43only43one43part43of43the43overall43testing43process.
b. Testing43is43only43one43part43of43the43overall43assessment43process.
c. Testing43integrates43test43information43with43information43from43other43sources.
d. None43of43the43above
4. is43a43quick43process,43usually43involving43a43single43procedure43of43instrument.
a. Screening
b. Testing
c. Assessment
d. Psychological43evaluation
5. Assessment43involves43selecting43and43utilizing43 of43data43collection.
a. multiple43observations
b. multiple43tests
c. multiple43methods
d. multiple43techniques
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6. A43client43is43assessed43to43determine43a43course43of43outcome43that43would43improve43his43or43her43concern
s43or43problems.43In43this43situation,43the43purpose43for43assessment43is:
a. screening
b. identification43and43diagnosis
c. intervention43planning
d. progress43and43outcome43evaluation
7. The43first43and43most43important43step43in43the43assessment43process43is43to:
a. determine43if43the43client43is43suitable43for43services
b. screen43the43client43for43potential43problems43and43concerns
c. identify43the43client’s43problems43to43be43addressed43and43the43reason43for43assessment
d. none43of43the43above
8. Identify43the43correct43order43of43the43steps43of43the43assessment43process:
a. select43and43implement43assessment43methods;43identify43the43problem;43evaluate43the43assessment43infor
mation;43report43assessment43results43and43make43recommendations
b. identify43the43problem;43select43and43implement43assessment43methods;43evaluate43the43assessment43infor
mation;43report43assessment43results43and43make43recommendations
c. identify43the43problem;43evaluate43the43assessment43information;43select43and43implement43assessment43
methods;43report43assessment43results43and43make43recommendations
d. select43and43implement43assessment43methods;43evaluate43the43assessment43information;43identify43the43p
roblem;43report43assessment43results43and43make43recommendations
9. One43of43the43first43scales43to43differentiate43between43children43who43could43or43could43not43function43in43a43
regular43classroom43was43developed43by:
a. Binet
b. Otis
c. Simon
d. Thorndike
10. Complaints43about43test43use43include43all43EXCEPT:
a. Testing43is43an43invasion43of43privacy.
b. Tests43are43gender-biased43and43use43inappropriate43language,43examples,43and43illustrations.
c. Tests43are43culturally43biased;43they43are43unfair43and43discriminate43against43minority43groups.
d. Tests43do43not43demonstrate43a43master43of43competencies;43we43must43always43rely43on43grades43and43diplomas.
11. Testing43began:
a. Around43200043years43ago
b. Around4350043years43ago
c. Around4310043years43ago
d. Around435043years43ago
12. The43first43major43personality43assessment43was43also43developed43for43use43during:
a. World43War43I
b. World43War43II
c. The43Vietnam43War
d. The43Gulf43War
13. In43recent43years,43the43prevailing43political43philosophy43in43the43United43States43has43changed43from:
a. a43liberal43to43a43more43conservative43orientation
b. humanistic-based43approaches43to43competency-based43approaches
c. low43accountability43in43education43to43high43accountability43in43education
d. all43of43the43above
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14. Early43interest43in43measuring43intelligence43dates43back43to43the43late4319th43century43when43
43applied43Darwi
n’s43evolutionary43theory43to43attempt43to43demonstrate43a43hereditary43basis43for43intelligence.
a. Binet
b. Galton
c. Cattell
d. Simon
15. The43first43group43intelligence43test43used43in43the43United43States43military43service43was43the:
a. Armed43Forces43Qualification43Test
b. Armed43Services43Vocational43Aptitude43Battery
c. Army43Alpha43Test
d. Army43Beta43Test
16. Which43of43the43following43are43advantages43to43using43computer43administered43assessment43instruments?
a. Increased43delivery
b. Potential43time43savings
c. The43ability43for43items43to43be43adapted43or43tailored43based43on43the43test43taker’s43response43to43a43previous43
item
d. All43of43the43above
17. The43primary43purpose43of43
is43to43gather43background43information43about43the43client43relevant43to43t
he43reason43for43assessment.
a. tests
b. observations
c. interviews
d. collateral43sources
18. 43is43an43assessment43method43that43involves43watching43and43recording43the43behavior
a. of43an43individual43in43a43particular43environment.
b. Testing
c. Observation
d. Interviewing
e. Reviewing43records
Essay43Questions
1. Define43the43term43“assessment,”43and43compare43and43contrast43the43four43general43purposes43of43assessment.
2. Identify43and43describe43the43three43broad43categories43of43assessment43“methods.”43Explain43the43purpose43of43usin
g43multiple43methods43in43assessment43as43opposed43to43a43single43assessment43instrument.
3. Compare43and43contrast43formal43assessment43instruments43and43informal43assessment43instruments/strategies43and4
3provide43three43examples43of43each.
4. List43and43describe43each43of43the43four43steps43of43the43assessment43process.
5. Trace43the43history43of43psychological43and43educational43assessment43from43ancient43time43to43the43present.
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PART43ONE43The43Principles43of43Assessment43C
hapter431:43Introduction43to43Assessment
Introduction
What43Is43Assessment?
The43Purposes43of43Assessment
Multiple43Methods43and43Multiple43Sourc
es43The43Assessment43Process
Competencies43Required43for43Assessment
43Historical43Perspectives
Assessment43and43Technology43
Computer-
Based43Assessment43Internet
-Based43Assessment
Controversial43Issues43in43Assessment43Su
mmary
Moving43Forward43Quest
ions43for43Discussion43Su
ggested43Activities43Refe
rences
Multiple43Choice43Questions
1. Which43of43the43following43statements43is43the43most43accurate?
a. Assessment43begins43after43the43first43face-to-face43meeting43with43a43client.
b. Assessment43occurs43only43in43the43first43meeting43with43a43client.
c. Assessment43occurs43throughout43the43course43of43the43helping43relationship.
d. All43of43the43above.
2. In43addition43to43tests,43professionals43may43also43gather43client43information43from:
a. interviews
b. observations
c. collateral43sources
d. all43of43the43above
3. Which43statement43is43correct?
a. Assessment43is43only43one43part43of43the43overall43testing43process.
b. Testing43is43only43one43part43of43the43overall43assessment43process.
c. Testing43integrates43test43information43with43information43from43other43sources.
d. None43of43the43above
4. is43a43quick43process,43usually43involving43a43single43procedure43of43instrument.
a. Screening
b. Testing
c. Assessment
d. Psychological43evaluation
5. Assessment43involves43selecting43and43utilizing43 of43data43collection.
a. multiple43observations
b. multiple43tests
c. multiple43methods
d. multiple43techniques
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6. A43client43is43assessed43to43determine43a43course43of43outcome43that43would43improve43his43or43her43concern
s43or43problems.43In43this43situation,43the43purpose43for43assessment43is:
a. screening
b. identification43and43diagnosis
c. intervention43planning
d. progress43and43outcome43evaluation
7. The43first43and43most43important43step43in43the43assessment43process43is43to:
a. determine43if43the43client43is43suitable43for43services
b. screen43the43client43for43potential43problems43and43concerns
c. identify43the43client’s43problems43to43be43addressed43and43the43reason43for43assessment
d. none43of43the43above
8. Identify43the43correct43order43of43the43steps43of43the43assessment43process:
a. select43and43implement43assessment43methods;43identify43the43problem;43evaluate43the43assessment43infor
mation;43report43assessment43results43and43make43recommendations
b. identify43the43problem;43select43and43implement43assessment43methods;43evaluate43the43assessment43infor
mation;43report43assessment43results43and43make43recommendations
c. identify43the43problem;43evaluate43the43assessment43information;43select43and43implement43assessment43
methods;43report43assessment43results43and43make43recommendations
d. select43and43implement43assessment43methods;43evaluate43the43assessment43information;43identify43the43p
roblem;43report43assessment43results43and43make43recommendations
9. One43of43the43first43scales43to43differentiate43between43children43who43could43or43could43not43function43in43a43
regular43classroom43was43developed43by:
a. Binet
b. Otis
c. Simon
d. Thorndike
10. Complaints43about43test43use43include43all43EXCEPT:
a. Testing43is43an43invasion43of43privacy.
b. Tests43are43gender-biased43and43use43inappropriate43language,43examples,43and43illustrations.
c. Tests43are43culturally43biased;43they43are43unfair43and43discriminate43against43minority43groups.
d. Tests43do43not43demonstrate43a43master43of43competencies;43we43must43always43rely43on43grades43and43diplomas.
11. Testing43began:
a. Around43200043years43ago
b. Around4350043years43ago
c. Around4310043years43ago
d. Around435043years43ago
12. The43first43major43personality43assessment43was43also43developed43for43use43during:
a. World43War43I
b. World43War43II
c. The43Vietnam43War
d. The43Gulf43War
13. In43recent43years,43the43prevailing43political43philosophy43in43the43United43States43has43changed43from:
a. a43liberal43to43a43more43conservative43orientation
b. humanistic-based43approaches43to43competency-based43approaches
c. low43accountability43in43education43to43high43accountability43in43education
d. all43of43the43above
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14. Early43interest43in43measuring43intelligence43dates43back43to43the43late4319th43century43when43
43applied43Darwi
n’s43evolutionary43theory43to43attempt43to43demonstrate43a43hereditary43basis43for43intelligence.
a. Binet
b. Galton
c. Cattell
d. Simon
15. The43first43group43intelligence43test43used43in43the43United43States43military43service43was43the:
a. Armed43Forces43Qualification43Test
b. Armed43Services43Vocational43Aptitude43Battery
c. Army43Alpha43Test
d. Army43Beta43Test
16. Which43of43the43following43are43advantages43to43using43computer43administered43assessment43instruments?
a. Increased43delivery
b. Potential43time43savings
c. The43ability43for43items43to43be43adapted43or43tailored43based43on43the43test43taker’s43response43to43a43previous43
item
d. All43of43the43above
17. The43primary43purpose43of43
is43to43gather43background43information43about43the43client43relevant43to43t
he43reason43for43assessment.
a. tests
b. observations
c. interviews
d. collateral43sources
18. 43is43an43assessment43method43that43involves43watching43and43recording43the43behavior
a. of43an43individual43in43a43particular43environment.
b. Testing
c. Observation
d. Interviewing
e. Reviewing43records
Essay43Questions
1. Define43the43term43“assessment,”43and43compare43and43contrast43the43four43general43purposes43of43assessment.
2. Identify43and43describe43the43three43broad43categories43of43assessment43“methods.”43Explain43the43purpose43of43usin
g43multiple43methods43in43assessment43as43opposed43to43a43single43assessment43instrument.
3. Compare43and43contrast43formal43assessment43instruments43and43informal43assessment43instruments/strategies43and4
3provide43three43examples43of43each.
4. List43and43describe43each43of43the43four43steps43of43the43assessment43process.
5. Trace43the43history43of43psychological43and43educational43assessment43from43ancient43time43to43the43present.
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