assessment: terminology and ethical issues Flashcards Preview

NCE Study Guide > assessment: terminology and ethical issues > Flashcards

Flashcards in assessment: terminology and ethical issues Deck (21)
Loading flashcards...
1
Q

Assessment

A

The systematic process of gathering and documenting information regarding a client’s knowledge, skills, attitudes, and beliefs.

2
Q

10 types of assessments:

A
  • power tests
  • speed tests
  • maximal performance test
  • typical performance test
  • standardized tests
  • nonstandardized tests
  • individual tests
  • group tests
  • objective tests
  • subjective tests
3
Q

army alpha

A

Developed by Robert Yerkes, the Army Alpha is an intelligence test developed during World War I to screen the cognitive ability of military recruits.

4
Q

army beta

A

The language-free version of the intelligence test used during World War I to screen the cognitive ability of military recruits who could not read or speak English.

5
Q

measurement

A

The process of defining and estimating the magnitude of human attributes and behavioral expressions.

6
Q

test

A

A subset of assessment used to yield data regarding an examinee’s responses to test items.

7
Q

evaluation

A

Making a determination of worth or significance based on the result of a measurement.

8
Q

power tests

A

Assessments that are designed to prevent test-takers from attaining perfect scores by including difficult test items that few individuals can answer correctly

9
Q

speed tests

A

Assessments that are designed to prevent test-takers from attaining perfect scores by including too many items to answer in the allotted time. Speed tests assess how quickly the test-taker can understand the question and choose the right answer.

10
Q

maximal performance test

A

: A type of assessment that yields information regarding the client’s best attainable score/performance (e.g., on an achievement or aptitude test).

11
Q

typical performance test

A

A type of assessment that measures one’s normal performance.

12
Q

standardized tests

A

A type of assessment that is designed to ensure the conditions for administration, test content, scoring procedures, and interpretations are consistent.

13
Q

nonstandardized tests

A

Unlike standardized tests, these tests allow for variability and adaptation in test administration, scoring, and interpretation. Nonstandardized tests do not permit an individual’s score to be compared to a norm group

14
Q

individual tests

A

Tests that are administered to one examinee at a time.

15
Q

group tests

A

Tests that are administered to two or more test-takers at a time

16
Q

objective tests

A

Tests that include questions that have one correct answer (e.g., multiple choice, true and false, matching). An objective test provides consistency in administration and scoring to ensure freedom from the examiner’s own beliefs or biases.

17
Q

subjective tests

A

Tests that include open-ended questions having more than one correct answer (e.g., essay questions). A subjective test is sensitive to rater and examinee beliefs

18
Q

diagnostic systems

A

Standardized terminologies, or common languages, that allow mental health professionals to communicate with one another regarding client diagnosis and treatment planning.

19
Q

responsibilities of users of standardized tests (RUST)

A

A policy statement published by the Association for Assessment and Research in Counseling (AARC) to ensure counselors use standardized tests with clients in an accurate, fair, and responsible manner

20
Q

join committee on testing practices (JCTP)

A

Disbanded in 2007 after publishing several documents concerning testing standards in educational, psychological, and counseling fields. The most notable of the JCTP’s publications are Rights and Responsibilities of Test Takers, Test User Qualifications, and Code for Fair Testing Practices in Education.

21
Q

fair access coalition on testing (FACT)

A

A non-profit organization that works to ensure qualified professionals are given fair access to testing instruments they were trained to use

Decks in NCE Study Guide Class (53):