Tests & Measurements Final Exam

if we use a test to determine what info students are/aren't learning during the instructional process, we are conducting a...

formative assessment

what type of test would you design if you wanted to determine whether individuals could demo specific skills according to a predetermined standard?

criterion-referenced

another term we could use for norm group is...

comparison group

diagnostic assessments are most appropriate when a...

when a student continues to experience probs with the same material

what popular assessment tool is used as an alt for making admission selection decisions & evaluating performance/potential?

portfolios

what are the 2 final products of psych testing in most clinical & counseling contexts?

a written psych eval report & meeting with the client

upon completing psych testing of a person referred from another source, a written report is usually prepared for the...

person who made the referral

what is the difference between clinical and counseling psychologists?

clinical psychs usually treat more serious probs, while counseling psychs usually treat everyday probs

incremental validity addresses the question of whether...

adding another test to a test battery already in use would improve its predictive capability

why did the us supreme court find that the IQ cutoff score used in florida was unconstitutional for deciding whether a person was intellectually disabled & therefore ineligible for the death penalty?

florida didn't consider the standard error of measurement of the test score

many shortcomings of the traditional interview, including its low reliability/validity, can be overcome by...

structuring the interview and interviewing procedure

what 2 general categories do assessments for integrity fall into?

physiological measures & paper/pencil tests

what is a flight simulator an example of?

high-fidelity test

asking an applicant to teach a class would be an example of...

work sample

in structured interviews, test devs use job analysis to establish evidence of...

validity

type of rater error when raters let their judgment on one dimension influence judgments on other dimensions

halo effect

error when raters give all employees better ratings than they deserve

leniency errors

result when raters give all employees worse ratings than they deserve

severity errors

error when raters use only the middle of the rating scale and ignore the highest/lowest scale categories

central tendency errors

what types of decisions are made in educational settings using tests?

instructional

grading

diagnostic

selection

placement

counseling & guidance

program & curriculum

administrative policy

what resources contain professional practice standards most relevant to testing in educational settings?

standards for educational and psychological testing (APA)\nnational association of school psychologists

placement assessments

educational tests used to determine the extent to which students possess the knowledge, skills, abilities necessary to understand new material and how much material is already known

summative assessments

educational tests that help determine what students do and don't know and assign earned grades

portfolios

collections of an individual's work to highlight/assess their learning and performance in a more subjective way than standardized testing

norm-referenced tests

standardized tests in which one test taker's score is compared with the scores of a group of test takers who took it previously

what is the difference between norm-referenced and criterion-referenced tests?

norm-referenced tests are standardized using a group of previous test takers, while criterion-referenced uses an objectively stated standard of achievement

authentic assessment

educational test assessing a student's ability to perform real-world tasks by applying the knowledge/skills they have learned

what type of test is the SCID-I?

semi-structured interview

what type of test is the MMPI-2?

comprehensive, clinically oriented self-report test

what clinical/counseling test is the most controversial?

performance-based, projective, clinically oriented personality tests

what are symptom checklists and symptom-based self-report tests used for?

to evaluate a client's level of distress and for treatment planning, monitoring progress (depression)

who is most likely to use behavior rating scales?

children

examples of comprehensive, clinically oriented self-report tests

MMPI-2

PAI

MCMI-III

what is the most popular assessment type used by orgs to hire new employees?

employment interviews

assessment centers

large-scale simulations of the job that require candidates to solve typical job problems by role-playing or demonstrating proficiency at job functions

what is measured in the five factor theory?

extroversion

emotional stability

agreeableness

conscientiousness

openness to experience

hogan personality inventory

test that is derived from the five-factor model, widely used for organizational testing and decision making

wonderlic basic skills test

standardized test that checks fundamental reading and math skills

behavioral checklist

when a rater evaluated performance by rating the frequency of important behaviors required for the job

graphic rating scale

a graph for rating employees' performance that represents a dimension, such as quality/quantity of work, divided into categories defined by numbers, words, or both

forced distribution

a method of ranking employees that requires the supervisor to assign a certain number of employees to each performance category

performance appraisal

a formal evaluation of an employee's job performance