Essentials of Testing and Assessment : A Practical Guide for Counselors, Social Workers, and Psychologists

by Neukrug, Edward S.; Fawcett, R. Charles

• ISBN13: 9780495604587
• ISBN10: 0495604585
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-03-10
• Publisher: Cengage Learning

Summary

Comprehensive and easy to read, Neukrug and Fawcett's ESSENTIALS OF TESTING AND ASSESSMENT: A PRACTICAL GUIDE, 2e introduces learners to the concepts and applications of assessment and testing. Case vignettes, samples of real tests, and additional activities and exercises increase understanding and reduce student anxiety.

Table of Contents

History And Current Professional Issues

History of Testing and Assessment

Ethical, Legal and Professional Issues in Assessment

Test Worthiness And Test Statistics

Test Worthiness: Validity, Reliability, Practicality and Cross-Cultural Fairness

Statistical Concepts: Making Meaning out of Raw Scores

Statistical Concepts: Creating New Scores to Interpret Test Data

Commonly -Used Assessment Techniques

Assessment of Educational Ability: Survey Battery, Diagnostic, Readiness and Cognitive Ability Tests

Intellectual and Cognitive Functioning: Intelligence Testing and Neuropsychological Assessment

Career and Occupational Assessment: Interest Inventories, Multiple Aptitude and Special Aptitude Tests

Clinical Assessment: Objective and Projective Personality Tests

Informal Assessment: Observation, Rating Scales, Classification Methods, Environmental Assessment, Records and Personal Documents and Performance-Based Assessment

Diagnosis And Writing The Assessment Report

Diagnosis in the Assessment Process

The Assessment Report Process: The Interview, Assessment Techniques, Environmental Assessment, and the Report

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