PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT

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psychology - related data for the

1.0 Psychological Testing and Assessment purpose of making psychological
evaluation that is accomplished
through the use of tools:
■ tests,
1.1 TESTING AND ASSESSMENT
■ interviews,
■ case studies,
● 1905 ■ behavioral observation, and
○ Alfred Binet published a test to help ■ specially designed
place Paris schoolchildren in apparatuses and
appropriate classes. ■ measurement procedures
● 1917 ○ A problem-solving process that can
○ US declared war (Germany) and World take in different forms.
War I
■ Military needed a way to ● Psychological Testing - produce data
screen large numbers of ○ Solid grounding for assessment.
recruits quickly for intellectual ○ process of measuring
and emotional problems psychology-related variables by
● World War II means of devices or procedures
○ Military depends more on designed to obtain a sample of
psychological tests to screen recruits behavior.
for services. ○ Process of administering, scoring, and
interpreting psychological tests.
Note: not only intelligence but also other aspects of
psychological and social functioning. Testing Assessment

obj. To obtain some gauge to answer a

● Testing usually numerical in referral question
○ Refer to everything from the nature, with regard to or solve problem
administration of a test to an ability or attribute
interpretation of a test score.
Process May be individual or typically
“testing in progress” → “testing indicated that…” group in nature individualized.
focuses on how
○ Aptly described as group screening of an individual
processes rather
thousands of military recruits.
than simply the
results of that
● Psychological Assessment - Collection of processing
data, answering question
○ To make psychological evaluation Role of Tester is NOT key to assessor is key
○ General and Bigger evaluator the process. One to the process of
○ Integrative process tester may be selecting tests
■ Because you have valid substituted for and/or other
sources. another tester without tools of
appreciably affecting evaluation
■ Psychological testing
the evaluation
Advantages: most objective
result, correct and controlled. Skill of Requires requires an
Disadvantages: if you evaluator technician-like skills in educated
manipulate it. terms of administering selection of tools
○ Requires integrative skills in handling and scoring a test as of evaluation,
various kinds of test and non-test well as in interpreting skill in evaluation,
■ Ability to evaluate and judge a test result and thoughtful
■ Result are considered or not organization and
■ Normal (norm) = comparison integration of
data
○ Gathering and integration of

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outcome yields a score or series entails a logical

of test scores problem-solving ■ the assessor may meet with
approach that the assessee or others before
brings to bear the formal assessment in
many sources of order to clarify aspects of the
data designed to reason for referral.
shed light on a ■ Assessor prepares for the
referral question assessment by selecting the
tools of assessment to be
Typically Psychometricians Psychologist
used.
done by:

Note: Assessor - Psychometrician, attending

● Varieties of assessment psychologist, Paraprofessional
○ Educational assessment
■ use of tests and other tools to
evaluate abilities and skills 2. Selecting the tools of assessment
relevant to success or failure ■ the assessor’s own past
in a school or pre-school experiences, education, and
context training play a key role in the
○ Retrospective assessment specific tests or other tools to
■ the use of evaluative tools to be employed in the
draw conclusions about assessment
psychological aspects of a 3. Formal assessment (actual
person as they existed at assessment)
some point in time prior to the ■ Intake interviews
assessment ● what a nurse does to
○ Remote assessment you. Ex. Sa hospital
■ the use of tools of mag ask sila sa imoha
psychological evaluation to if okay raka naunsa ka
gather data and draw kay mao na ilang
conclusions about a subject strategy.
who is not in physical ● Psychometrician is
proximity to the person or allowed to do these
people conducting the 4. Assessor writes a report of the
evaluation findings
○ Ecological momentary assessment ■ That is designed to answer
(EMA) the referral question.
■ “in the moment” evaluation of ■ Explain what made him do
specific problems and related ■ Explain what to do
cognitive and behavioral ■ Psychometrician is the one
variables at the very time and who will approved, certifies
place that they occur report as true or correct
5. Feedback sessions (& result
● The process of assessment discussion)
1. Referral for assessment ■ with the assessee and/or
■ Teacher, school psychologist, interested third parties
counselor, judge, clinician, or ■ How do you tell that? How?
corporate human resource ■ This role is for psychologist
specialist. ■ If clinical, a Psychometrician
● Dili pwede walay minor can explain the report.
reason
● Collaborative psychological assessment
○ assessor and assessee may work as
Note: you can also go personally without referral. “partners” from initial contact through
Same with physical cases. final feedback

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● Therapeutic psychological assessment ○ Standardized; adapts uniformity in

○ therapeutic self-discovery and new procedures (administration, scoring
understandings are encouraged and interpretation)
throughout the assessment process ■ Same tanan, it cannot change.
● Dynamic assessment ○ Sample of behavior; limited only to
○ “Dynamic” = used to describe the measuring a few traits, characteristics;
interactive, changing, or varying nature there is no test that covers all
of assessment. behaviors and mental processes.
○ interactive approach to psychological ■ Only a sample
assessment that usually follows a ■ It doesn’t mean you know na ang
model of: tawo in just a test.
1. evaluation ■ Battery test
2. intervention of some sort
3. evaluation ● ASSUMPTIONS OF ABOUT PSYCHOLOGICAL
○ most typically employed in TESTING
educational settings, although it may ○ Assumption 1: Psychological traits &
be employed in correctional, corporate, states exist.
neuropsychological, clinical, and most ○ Assumption 2: Traits & states can be
any other setting as well quantified and measured.
■ Traits = psychological construct
● Ex. Happy = not happy
1.2 THE TOOLS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL (unhappy)
ASSESSMENT ■ Trait = any distinguishable,
relatively enduring way in which
● Test an individual varies from another
○ measuring device or procedure (Guilford,1959)
designed to measure a variable ■ Ex. Agreeableness, Neuroticism,
heterosexuality, extraversion.
● Psychological Test ● Relatively enduring= gaano
○ device or procedure designed to katagal.
measure variables related to ● Ex. Now you can’t answer
psychology algebra but before you can.
■ intelligence, personality, aptitude, You learned it but nakalimot
interests, attitudes, or values lang ka.
○ involves analysis of a sample of ■ States = Same like traits but are
behavior. relatively less enduring (Chaplin
○ Standardized measure of a sample of et al, 1988)
behavior. ○ Assumption 3: Test related behavior
○ A tool, “rubber yard stick” predicts non test related ones (some
■ It’s flexible. Cannot be taken as a behaviors can be measured in a test.
strong. ○ Assumption 4: Test techniques have
■ The reading in the test is not strengths and weaknesses.
exact. ■ Wechsler scale = most effective
■ 0.05 => as oppose to 0.1 exam and expensive
● 0.05 = in every 100 measure ○ Assumption 5: there are various
5 of that are erroneous sources of error in testing.
● Psychological errors ■ we cannot remove positively
● 0.1= error (medicine, those error
who have in line in food and ○ Assumption 6: Testing can be done in
medication) a fair and unbiased manner.
■ How to define raw score? ○ Assumption 7: Testing benefits
● Ex. In IQ test 98 is not true society.
score it’s a raw score so, Note: **get to know all theories and find which
getting it, is to minus (-) error you’re comfortable with**
= real score.

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● SOURCES OF ERROR IN TESTING ● KINDS OF TEST

A. Context of sharing 1. Intelligence test
● Test user factor (error in ● 3A’s – Ability, Achievement
administration, scoring and and aptitude.
interpretation of the test user) ○ Ability = KSA, what
○ Test use = either one or a you know or possess.
combination of administering, ○ Achievement = skills
scoring and interpreting the that you have
exam. attained.
■ So if you’re using either ○ Aptitude= hindi mo
one, two or more of these kaya if not ka
you’re still a test user. makapasa so hindi ka
○ Interpretation = always look at e aadmit, it’s a
the manual redirection for you
■ Section 1: information of actually.
the test (authors, year of ○ Measures probable
publication, process of performance.
reliability and validity ● Verbal and non verbal
experiments) ○ ito yung hindi nakapag
■ Section 2: Administration aral or illiterate . non
(steps) verbal ginagamit nila.
■ Section 3: Scoring ○ Verbal = it doesn’t
procedures mean spoken,
■ Section 4 : Interpretation meaning ani kay the
Guide use of words and
● Some specific & numbers.
detailed Some key ○ Non- Verbal = for
words lang. clients who don’t
● Reason for testing Factor know how to read and
○ Reason for taking the test write and because
○ How this become a factor? = this is use to verify the
because the choice of test to result in the verbal
be use based on the reason for test.
referral.
○ Ex. If clinical in nature = dapat 2. Personality test = most famous and
imong exam sab clinical note other names of this are:
B. Test taker error ● Traits
● Readiness & motivation ● Temperaments
○ Are they ready?? ● States
○ Are you motivated?? ● Psycho emotional
● Health status characteristics
○ Dapat best condition ang 3. Interest Inventories
mo take sa test ug walay ● Likes and dislikes
sakit ● Where do our interest lie?
C. Test material ● Areas of life where you are
● Undetected error in the item mostly excel in.
● Material deficiency = level ng 4. Project techniques
paper kasi too thin dili ma detect ● Highly clinical test
sa machine ● Scores are consistent
○ Too light ang printing quality ● Ex. 98,97,98,99 ang score so
its not normal so you will used
this technique because it’s a
Note: **Psychological test design to measure
genius.
characterized normal people.**

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Note: **kani sila mga classification of test ● Intelligence, personality and interest
according to their content. Pwede pud ta mag inventories..**
classify ug test according to who they are
administer to.**
○ Scoring and interpretation
■ Score → code or summary
● Test may differ by: statement that is usually (but not
○ Content necessarily) numerical in nature,
■ subject matter that reflects the evaluation of
■ vary with focus of the particular performance
test, but even two tests ■ Scoring → process of assigning
measuring the construct may evaluative codes or statements
differ in content this is because to performance
of developers’ different views on ■ Cut score → a reference point,
the same construct usually numerical, derived by
○ Format judgment and used to divide a
■ form, plan, structure, set of data into two or more
arrangement, layout of test items classifications
as well as to related ■ Test differ:
considerations such as time ● self-scored by the test takers
limits ● Scored by computer
■ form in which the test is ● Scoring by trained examiners
administered: computerized, ● Some tests (intelligence
pen-and-paper, or others tests) come in manuals that
■ not confined to tests alone. explicitly show scoring
■ used to denote the structure of criteria and interpretations
other evaluative tools that can be made from
scores
○ Administration Procedures ● Other tests (Rorschach
■ One-to-one basis inkblot test) are sold with no
● may require active and manual at all. The purchaser,
knowledgeable test who is assumed to be
administrator = qualified, buys the stimulus
● may involve demonstration of materials and then selects
various kinds of tasks and uses one of many
demanded of the assessee, available guides for
as well as trained administration, scoring and
observation of their interpretation.
performance ○ Psychometric soundness (technical
quality)
■ Psychometrics → science of
Note: **not all individual test can be use in group
psychological measurement
testing. Nay uban diha nga clinical in nature, pero
■ Psychometrist/Psychometrician
katong mga dili clinical can also be used for group
→ professional who uses,
testing .**
analyzes, and interprets
psychological test data
■ Group ■ Utility → the usefulness or
● may not require the test practical value that a test or other
administrator to be present tool of assessment has for a
while test takers particular purpose.
independently complete
required tasks ● TOOLS USED IN ASSESSMENT
○ Interviews
○ Portfolios
Note: **Pairs, groups (mass testing)
○ Case History Data

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○ Observation Data should back slowly sa

position nga not
● Interview leaning.
○ method of gathering information ● Eye contact
through direct communication ○ Rule: if you talk eye
involving reciprocal exchange contact and katong
○ interviews can differ in terms of naminaw not required
purpose, length, and nature ○ Note: not eye to eye
○ Forms: face to face, online, by forehead lang
telephone, e-mail, exchange (chat) ○ Do not look down,
■ Face-to-face talk especially sa mouth
● Verbal & nonverbal reactions ○ Note: in this it can
must be noted in face to face cause transference of
interviews. feelings.
● Mannerism ● Relax
● Facial expression ○ Continue to breath
● Postures ○ Mirror (catch up the
● Movement of the breathing of partner)
hands and feet ○ Keep things handy
● Eye contact ■ Tissue
(direction of the ■ Candy
eyes) ■ Water
● willingness to ○ Know that hindi
cooperate, matigas ang mga
● general reaction to muscles kasi naka
the demands, relax ka that’s the
● dressed sign.

Note: *never leave your eyesight to respondent as it Note: **you’re not allowed to touch miskan nag cry na
seems you are paying attention* ang client. Just say that you understand and let them
cry and if it's worsen interrupt in a way “can I give you
a tissue or water”**
● Guidelines in interview
1. No tables between you except your
● Length and frequency of pauses, hesitations,
manager
pitch changes must be noted in telephone
● Dapat V formation and no
interview.
harap harapan talaga.
○ They give you the answer you want
2. Always follow SOLER:
○ 2 long pauses means hesitation and
● Sit squarely
lie
○ Back should not touch
○ Change in pitch = signs of change in
the chair
personality including shifts in your
○ Sit erect and breast
stands
out as it facilitates
● Changes in pattern of responses must be
breathing.
noted in written exchange formats.
● Open Stance
○ Crossing feet
***Note: do not count crying and never secretly
○ No crossing legs (de
checking time as it shows impolite***
4)
○ Hands put in lap or
***you are the one who terminates the interview not
clasp and never in the
the client***
pocket
● Lean slightly forward
○ Rules: be sensitive if ○ Telephone
mo move sila pa back ■ Interviewer gain info by:
it’s a sign na you ● Changes in interviewee’s

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voice pitch ● Ex: tell me about you? How

● Pauses was your day?
● Signs of emotion in response 2. Educational background
● Significant experience in
○ Various electronic means school negative (-) or positive
■ Online (+)
■ E-mail ● Fav. Subjects or not
■ Text messaging ● Insecurities in school
● Acads or non acads
3. Work experience
○ Types: ● Part timer, Student assistant
■ Panel Interview etc.
● “Board interview” 4. “personal questions”
● more than one interviewer ● Mindful for confidentiality =
participates in the painful questions or about
assessment sexual questions
● Advantage: idiosyncratic ● Honest and if uncomfy just
biases of a lone interviewer say it and note it.
will be minimized. ● If naiiyak ka as a therapist
● Disadvantage: It relates to force yourself to breath and
its utility that the cost of try as much possible control
using multiple interviewers
may not be justified.
Note: *** in coding example: father= family
member***
■ Motivational Interviewing
● therapeutic dialogue that
combines person-centered ● Portfolio
listening skills such as ○ samples of one’s ability and
openness and empathy, with accomplishment
the use of cognition-altering ○ Can be used as a tool for evaluation
techniques designed to
positively affect motivation ● Case History Data
and effect therapeutic ○ records, transcripts, and other
change accounts in written, pictorial, or other
● Employed to address wide form that preserve archival
range of problems information, official and informal
○ Can be employed accounts, and other data and items
through telephone, relevant to an assessee
internet chat, and text ○ includes files or excerpts from files
message maintained at institutions and
agencies
○ Interviewer differ in many ways: ○ Other examples:
■ Pacing of interviews ■ letters and written
■ Rapport with interviewees correspondence, photos and
■ Ability to convey genuineness family albums, newspaper and
■ Empathy magazine clippings, home videos,
■ Humor movies, audiotapes, work
samples, artwork, and accounts
● WHAT QUESTIONS ARE ASKED. and pictures pertaining to
1. Usual generic questions interests and hobbies
● Do not ask questions na naa ○ Posting in social media can also serve
sa bio data as case history data
● Avoid closed questions like ○ in a clinical setting, can shed light on
“yes or no” but also note that an assessee’s past and present
this depends adjustment as well as on events and

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circumstances that could have

Note: RP is used quite extensively lalo na sa mga
contributed to any changes in
situations na time consuming, mahal or
adjustment
inconvenient siya to assess in real life situation.
○ Useful in making judgements
concerning future class placements
● Computers as Tools
○ Case Study ○ Computers can serve as test
■ the assembly of case history data administrators (online or offline) and
into an illustrative account as highly efficient test scorers.
■ report or illustrative account ○ Local processing = scoring may be
concerning a person or an event done on-site
that was compiled on the basis ○ Central processing = conducted at
of case history data some central location
○ Groupthink ○ Teleprocessing =if processing occurs
■ Work on social psychological at central location, test-related data
phenomenon being sent to and returned from the
■ Contains rich case history central location by means of phone
material on collective decision lines
making that did not always result ○ Simple scoring report = an account of
in the best decisions a testtaker’s performance can range
■ Arises As a result of the varied from a mere listing of a score or
forces that drive decision-makers scores.
to reach consensus ○ Extended scoring report = a more
detailed which includes statistical
● Behavioral Observation analyses of testtaker’s performance
○ monitoring the actions of others or ○ Interpretive report = distinguished by
oneself by visual or electronic means its inclusion of numerical or narrative
while recording quantitative and/or interpretive statements
qualitative information regarding ○ Consultative report = usually written in
those actions language appropriate for
○ used as a diagnostic aid in various communication between assessment
settings such as inpatient facilities, professionals and may provide expert
behavioral research labs, and opinion concerning analysis of data.
classrooms ○ Integrative report = employs
○ Naturalistic Observation previously collected data (medication
■ a variety of behavioral records or behavioral observation) into
observation where a researcher the test report.
venture outside (confines of ○ Computer-Assisted Psychological
clinics, classrooms, workplaces, Assessment (CAPA)
and research laboratories) to ■ refers to the assistance
observe the behavior of humans computers provide to the test
in a natural setting — that is in user, not testtaker.
which the behavior would ■ Challenges in using CAPA…..
typically be expected to occur (weak points)
● Role-Play Tests ● The online test can be easily
○ tool of assessment wherein copied or duplicated.
assessees are directed to act as if ○ Problem: once ang
they were in a particular situation item bitaw familiar na
○ Role play → acting an improvised or kayo to a large
partially improvise part in a simulated population it will lose
situation validity and reliability.
○ assessees may be evaluated with ○ Ex. Kanang mi take kag
regard to their expressed thoughts, exam balik2x so pag
behaviors, abilities, and other variables naka daghan naka so
kabalo naka sa flow

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and manipulate na
choice kay mahal lage. ***
nimo.
● Comparability between the
**Note also: that 10 % sa decisison nimo comes
online and paper and pencil
from something that is unverifiable. ****
versions of some tests have
not been fully researched.
○ Ex. MBTI = popular kay
sounds legit. Kay diba ○ Computer Adaptive Testing (CAT)
tungod gikan university ■ computer’s ability to tailor the
jud tapos gi studyihan test to the testtaker’s ability or
not knowing na naa jud test-taking pattern.
legit na MBTI
standardized version
paper and pencil note
1.3 WHO, WHAT, WHY, HOW AND WHERE?
mao ni ang pinaka ● WHO are the parties
accepted. ○ Test developer (publisher)
■ create tests or other methods
Note: **pen and paper test you can be assured na of assessment
legit jud ni** ○ Test user (gumagamit ng test)
■ administering, scoring and
**note: reliability and validity takes time jud to make interpreting the exam.
sure consistency of score establish** ■ clinicians, counselors, school
psychologists, HR personnel,
**note: to some pwede rapud online. Ex. Test on consumer psychologists,
happiness and resilience. kani wala tay solid na test experimental psychologists,
of pen and pencil test ani. Ngano kay ang test gi and social psychologists
used man sa kadaghanan legit researcher so mao ■ standards and published
pwede rata makagamit pud ug online. Pero if guidelines from specialty
gamiton for clinical diagnosis dapat katong reliable professional organizations
jud kay serious intervention. have had much to say in terms
of identifying just who is a
qualified test user and who
● Unregulated online practices should have access to (and be
such as unverified methods of permitted to purchase)
test development, psychological tests and
interpretation styles and etc. related tools of psychological
○ Not just personality assessment.
but also mental ability
or those online
exams. Note:
○ Ex. Kanang naa kay Psychometrician = expert at assessment
makit an na ● administer/score psychological tests
psychological exam (except projective tests) and do basic
sa online tapos interpretation of test results.
daghan ga gamit na Psychologist = expert at intervention
mga professional kay ● They can administer, score and interpret
legit. psychological tests (including projective
test), diagnose mental disorders and do
Note: **the problem of those psychological exam sa psychotherapy
online we don’t have way of verifying it, specially dili
ta sure or kabalo kinsa jud ang author if legit ba sila
na practitioner or just a famous artist. **

**Note: many practitioner worry about using online ○ Test taker (assessee)
exams. Pero naa pud uban okay ra kay wala man ■ to whom the tests are
administered to

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■ anyone who is the subject of ● nonsystematic

an assessment or evaluation assessment that
■ psychological autopsy leads to the formation
● reconstruction of a of an opinion or
deceased individual’s attitude
psychological profile ○ Clinical Settings
on the basis of ■ Psychotherapy assessment
archival records, ● Battery of test (IQ test,
artifacts, and personality test,
interviews previously emotional functioning
conducted with the test)
deceased assessee or ■ Learning difficulties
people who knew him ■ Testing of psychotherapy
or her. ● Test used to
○ Society at Large determine the effect
■ those who gain from the of lack of effect of
knowledge provided by psychotherapies.
assessments without being ■ Insurance companies (not
the ones tested applicable yet in PH)
■ It exerts effort to determine ■ Court trial
what test must be developed ● Annulment,
or be removed. trauma-related, child
○ Other parties custody, to determine
■ companies/government/hospi if the client is fit or
tals psychologically
incapacitated.
● WHAT types of settings are assessments ■ Prison for rehab or pardon
conducted? ■ Used in public, private, military
○ Educational Settings hospitals, inpatient and
■ Dealing with regular/ average outpatient clinics, private-
people. practice consulting rooms,
■ tests are administered early in schools
school life to help identify ■ group testing is used primarily
children who may have special for screening — that is,
needs identifying individuals who
■ Identifying areas of skill/ require further diagnostic
knowledge deficit for evaluation
intervention formulation. ○ Counseling Settings
■ Aid in selection and ■ ultimate objective is the
placement (career guidance) improvement of the assessee
■ achievement test in terms of adjustment,
● Test that measures a productivity, or some related
person’s current variable
cognitive ability ■ measures of social and
■ Aptitude test academic skills and measures
● Test that measure a of personality, interest,
person’s potential attitudes, and values are
cognitive ability among the tests that a
■ diagnostic test counselor might administer
● Test that measure ○ Geriatric Settings
what a person knows ■ Quality of Life = from the
about certain topic or perspective of an observer
subject (assessee)
■ School grades ● variables related to
■ informal evaluation perceived stress,

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loneliness, sources of and use only those that are

satisfaction, personal most appropriate for the
values, quality of individual being tested
living conditions, and ■ test should be stored in a way
quality of friendships that reasonably ensures that
and other social its specific contents will not
support be made known to the
■ Dementia = loss of cognitive testtaker in advance
functioning that occurs as the ■ ensure that a prepared and
result of damage to or loss of suitably trained person
brain cells administers the test properly
■ Pseudodementia = a severe ■ the test administrator
depression that mimics (examiner) must be familiar
dementia with the test materials and
○ Business and Military Settings procedures and must have at
■ Recruitment, selection, the test site all the materials
placement (promotion, needed to properly administer
transfer, etc) the test
■ decision making about the ■ Protocol – refers to the form
careers of personnel or sheet or booklet on which a
■ A wide range of achievement, testtaker’s responses are
aptitude, interest, entered
motivational, and other tests ■ ensure that the test site will be
may be employed in the suitable and conducive to
decision to hire as well as in testing
related decisions regarding
promotions, transfers, job
Note:
satisfaction, etc
1. Prepare yourself physically &
○ Governmental and Organizational
emotionally
Credentialing
● Dress appropriately for the
■ government licensing,
activity
certification, or general
● Observe hygiene
credentialing of professionals
● Do not let personal issues get
■ For higher specialty
in the way of work; “Leave
examination in various
personal problems behind”
professions
○ You have to declare
● Ex. You cannot teach
potential conflict interest
psychologist review
in order for someone to
exam if you’re not a
replace you.
board passer
○ Ex. X- boyfriend e declare
○ Academic Research Settings
mo talaga na hindi mo
■ Conducting any sort of
kaya harapin siya if siya
research typically entails
client niyo pag nasa work
measurement of some kind,
ka. Aside from x- boyfriend
and any academician who
pati din relations, court or
ever hopes to publish research
familiar with.
should ideally have a sound
2. Carefully choose the tools to be used
knowledge of measurement
test must fit the characteristics of the
principles and tools of
client.
assessment
● What tools are needed? – unsa
akong gamiton aron masabtan
nako siya
● HOW are assessments conducted?
● What combination is best?
○ Before Administering a Test
● How much weight must be
■ test users should only select

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assigned to each tool? ● note: exercise dila by putting a

Ex. IQ niya below average pero
● pen in the middle while
grades sa school na math reading.
consecutive years. - For NO too much familiarity
3. Familiarize oneself with the tools. ● Ex: blushing, waving pag
Review steps and re read the manuals/ magkita mo sa imong friends.
guidelines. Prepare two other 2. Attend promptly to all distractions that
materials/ equipment that will be may appear
used. ● No heavy make-up and
● Practice in using equipment perfume
● Practice conducting the steps ● No distraction like hair color
needed or administering the ● And other distraction
test.
● Make sure there is enough
○ After Test Administration
materials
■ safeguard the test protocols
● Provide for safety and security
■ convey the test results in a
of materials to be used.
clearly understandable
4. Prepare the venue. Make sure they are
fashion
conducive for the assessment
■ test users should make a note
● Spacing –comfy to move
of events such as the
● Lighting
presence of a third party
● Ventilation
during testing or anything out
● Entrance – Exit = privacy
of the ordinary on the report of
the testing
○ During Test Administration ■ test scoring should conform
■ establish rapport with to pre-established scoring
examinees, especially in criteria
one-on-one or small group ■ Test users who have
settings responsibility for interpreting
● working relationship scores or other test results
between the examiner have an obligation to do so in
and the examinee accordance with established
● achieved with words procedures and ethical
of small talk when guidelines
examiner and ○ Assessment of People with
examinee are Disabilities
introduced ■ Alternate Assessment – for
● attempts to establish children who, as a result of a
rapport with the disability, could not otherwise
testtaker should not participate in state- and
compromise any rules district-wide assessments
of the test ● An evaluative or
administration diagnostic procedure
instructions or process that varies
from the usual,
customary, or
Note:
standardized way a
1. Establish good rapport. There should
measurement is
be NO too much familiarity
derived, either by
● Ex. The way you look = not
virtue of some special
pleasing sa eyes.
accommodation
○ stance
made to the assessee
○ tone
or by means of
○ enunciation
alternative methods

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designed to measure accessible sources of

same variables information
■ accommodation ● distributed by the
● adaptation of a test, publisher of the test
procedure, or ● contain only a brief
situation, or the description of the test
substitution of one and seldom contain
test for another, to the kind of detailed
make the assessment technical information
more suitable for an that a prospective
assessee with user might require
exceptional needs ● catalogue’s objective
● those who have is to sell the test
difficulty reading ■ Test Manuals
small print may be ● detailed information
presented with a test concerning the
of large print development of a
● student with hearing particular test and
impairment may be technical information
administered the test relating to it should be
in sign language found in the test
● individual with ADHD manual
may have an extended ● for security purposes,
testing time, with the test publisher may
frequent breaks require proof of
during periods of professional training
evaluation before being allowed
to purchase the
manual
Note:
■ Professional Books
1. Process the data collected and always
● May contain useful
keep sources/ materials secured.
information about the
● Keep in a secured places or
content and structure
stored
of the test, and how
● Transcribe agad and remove
and why that content
names as well as marks
is superior to a
2. Prepare the report based on collated
previous version or
data.
edition of the tests
● Start writing the report
● Might shed new light
3. Practice delivering the report or
on how or why the
feedback to the client/s.
test may be used for a
● if magdeliver bad report don’t
particular assessment
say I’m sorry say “I’m here” if
purpose, or
good result just say ….
administered to
4. Deliver the report
members of some
● Not giving a copy to the
special population
subject dapat e keep sa
■ Reference Volumes
referral.
● authoritative
● So never lost a copy of result
compilation of test
● Data privacy law = laws in
reviews that provide
testing assessment ethics.
detailed information
for each test listed
○ WHERE to go: reference sources? ■ Journal Articles
■ Test Catalogues ● may contain reviews
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independent studies
of its psychometric
soundness, or
examples of how the
instrument was used
in either research or
an applied context.
■ Online databases
● One of the most
widely used
bibliographic
databases for
test-related
publications.

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