History of Psychological Assessment

RGO Booklet: Psychological Assessment

Chinese Civilization

Emperor kao-tsu
First examination for civil service (Tang dynasty)
Systematized the test content (Ming dynasty)
Open to all males - provincial national level - Start of the Organized Testing movement

Jean Esquirol

Distinguishing between idiots
Hierarchy of retardation
Mental-age concept of retardation

Edouardo Seguin

Focus on sensory discrimination and motor control
Treatment of retarded individuals

1880 to 1990

Functionalism: Testing Movement ___ to _____’s for American Psychology

James Mckeen Cattell

used the term “Mental test”
First psychologist to teach statistical analysis of experimental results
Organized Psychological Corp.

Alfred Binet

believed that assessing such cognitive functions such as memory, attention, imagination and comprehension would provide a more appropriate measure of intelligence

December 20, 1863

Philippines Psych testing Movement Royal Decree of

Manuel Carreon

Put in place system of assessment for admission to civil service

Sinfroso Padilla

Dissertation on Philippine Studies in Mental Measurements

Ordonez

Made the philippine self-administering test of mental ability and used in the inmates in bilibid

Carlota

Research on trends in psychological testing in educational, training and research institutions

Virgilio Enriquez

Panukat ng Ugali’t Pagkatao

Annadaisy Carlota

Panukat ng Pagkataong Pilipino

The Ateneo Center for Psychological and Educational Assessment

ACESS

Fund for Assistance to Private Education

FAPE

Philippine Psychological Corporation

PPC

Center for Education Measurement

CEM

Mavec Specialist Foundation, Inc

MSFI

Behavioral Dynamics Incorporated

BDI

Asian Psychological Services and Assessment

APSAL