Early perspectives erroneously assumed that psychological tests and assessments were objective, culture-free, and generalizable to racial/ethnic minorities, even though the majority of tests were standardized, validated, and found reliable primarily with White, middle-class, English-language samples (Olmedo, 1981; Reynolds, 1982).
I N T R O D U C T I O N The purpose of the American Psychological Association (APA) Guidelines for Psychological Assessment and Evaluation (PAE) is to assist and inform psychologists of best practice when psychological instruments, including psychometric tests and collateral information, are used within the practice of psychological assessment and/or evaluation. As the discipline of psy ...
APA Science Directorate answers hundreds of calls and emails each year from persons trying to find the right psychological tests.
Psychological testing may sound intimidating, but it’s designed to help you. Psychologists use tests and other assessment tools to measure and observe a patient’s behavior to arrive at a diagnosis and guide treatment.
Fred Oswald, PhD, discusses why companies use personality tests, what employers and workers can learn from them, and how new technologies, including artificial intelligence, are changing workplace assessments.
Gain access to a robust database of psychological tests, measures, scales, surveys, and other assessments, as well as descriptive information about each test and its development and administration.
Education Week: What All Teachers Should Know About WIDA’s Test for English Learners
Schools are required to test the progress of their English learners each year to determine whether they still need language instruction services or can exit out of such programs. In close to 40 states ...