Test interpretation and diversity : achieving equity in assessment
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Test interpretation and diversity : achieving equity in assessment
American Psychological Association, c1998
1st ed
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Test scores exert a powerful influence over people's lives. Used to determine everything from occupational fit to educational readiness to psychological health, they are tools with high-stakes consequences. If there was a time when scores could be interpreted with a one-size-fits-all-formula, the growing diversity of the American population has made that approach defunct. To help test interpreters acquire the critical thinking skills needed to read scores fairly, this book examines key psychometric ideas and judgement processes. It provides guidance on the effects of language, acculturation, poverty, disability and other areas that affect test results. Comprehensive in scope and grounded in both everyday experience and scientific rigour, this volume is a useful resource for those psychologists, government employees, educators and lawyers who are concerned about constructing equitable ways to test diverse populations.
Table of Contents
- Psychometric Issues Involved in Test Interpretation for Members of Diverse Groups
- Critical Thinking in Test Interpretation
- Culture and Cultural Differences
- High Stakes Testing in Education
- Equity Issues in Employment Testing
- The Interpretation of Psychological Tests in Clinical and Forensic Evaluations
- Language and Test Interpretation
- Migration, Acculturation and Test Interpretation
- Poverty, Socioeconomic Status and Text Interpretation
- Visual Impairments and Test Interpretation
- Hearing Impairments and Test Interpretation
- Learning Disabilities and Test Interpretation
- Test Interpretation for Individuals with Other Characteristics
- Training Psychologists to Assess Members of a Diverse Society
- Test Interpretation in a Diverse Future.
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