Computer Testing [1 of 2]
Describe how computers have enhanced the development, administration, and scoring of psychological tests. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of computerized testing and the pros and cons of administering a test using the web.
Selecting an Instrument [2 of 2]
Consider that you are a psychology professional, working in your area of interest in an educational setting (public or private school setting).
Pick one of the following instruments to consider while answering the questions below:
- Achenbach Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL 1 ½ – 5) (CBCL 4 – 18)
- Adult Basic Learning Examination
- American College Testing Program – A-C-T
- Child Sexual Behavior Inventory
- Connors Rating Scales, Revised (CRS-R)
- Cooperative Achievement Test
- Diagnostic Mathematics Inventory
- Graduate Record Examination
- Horn Art Aptitude Inventory
- Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children – II
- KeyMath Revised
- Learning Potential Assessment Device
- Medical College Admission Test (MCAT)
- Metropolitan Mathematics Instructional Tests
- Metropolitan Readiness Tests
- Miller Analogies Test
- Quality of School Life Scales
- Scholastic Aptitude Test
- Seashore Measures of Musical Talents
- SRA California Achievement Tests
- Stanford Diagnostic Mathematics Test
- Stanford Diagnostic Mathematics Test
- Stanford Diagnostic Reading Test
- Study Habits Checklist
- Survey of School Attitudes
- Survey of Study Habits and Attitudes
- Wechsler Individual Achievement Test – II (WIAT-II)
- What I Like to Do Interest Inventory
- Wide Range Achievement Test – IV (WRAT-IV)
- Woodcock Johnson – III
- Woodcock Reading Mastery Tests – Revised
Locate appropriate support material in order to address the following:
- What data regarding the reliability of the instrument is available (integrate major issues from Unit 4)?
- What data regarding the validity of the instrument is available (integrate major issues from Unit 5)?
- What is purported to be measured by the instrument?
- In your specialty area, how would information from this instrument is employed to assist a client in an educational setting? Be sure to include references as appropriate.