The use of projective techniques by school psychologists has been a point of interest and debate, with a number of survey studies documenting usage. The purpose of this study is to update the status of projective use among school psychologists, with a specific focus on their use in the social emotional assessment of children in schools. In…

This article addresses a 2006 article by Hojnoski, Morrison, Brown, and Matthews on the use of performance-based measurement among school-based practitioners. Their results suggest that many of their survey respondents favor the use of this form of measurement. This line of research is important and addresses an important issue in current clinical…

Early identification of social-emotional behavioral problems in infants and preschoolers is critical. Nine parent-report and caregiver/teacher-report instruments measuring preschool social-emotional behavioral problems and strengths are reviewed. Advantages to the use of parent-report and caregiver/teacher-report instruments are that they are easy…

This book on the use of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) in personality assessment emphasizes a client-centered, interactive method of interpretation by means of which the test taker become the primary beneficiary of the MMPI assessment rather than the clinician. The phenomenological and empirical correlates of the 13 basic…

Highlights diversity with which Threat Index (TI) has been used in last 10 years to explore death-related topics in empirical literature. Following brief introduction of TI methodology and theoretical foundation, focuses on historical research questions, multidimensional assessment, alternative scoring procedures, workshop applications, and future…

Introduction: The pharmaceutical industry, by funding over 60% of programs in the United States and Canada, plays a major role in continuing medical education (CME), but there are concerns about bias in such CME programs. Bias is difficult to define, and currently no tool is available to measure it. Methods: Representatives from industry and…

High-stakes testing and accountability in the United States cloak the real purpose of assessment--diagnosing learning to inform instruction. Standardized testing drives curricula in many states. Teachers may feel pressured to "teach to the test," although they know it is not best practice. The authors discuss how using several…

Describes the development of the International Guidelines for Test Use through the International Test Commission (ITC) project. These guidelines are designed to provide an international view of areas in which there is consensus on what constitutes good practice in testing. Describes why such guidelines are needed, and discusses their use. (SLD)

The purpose of this article is to discuss the role of "baseline studies" in investigations of test impact and to illustrate the type of thinking underlying the design and implementation of such studies by reference to a recent study relating to a high-stakes test of English language proficiency. Baseline studies are used to describe an…

The International Test Commission's (this issue) Guidelines on Computer-Based and Internet-Delivered Testing constitute a comprehensive and excellent set of internationally agreed guidelines. This article looks forward and discusses what should be done to ensure that these guidelines will be used in educational, clinical, and organizational…

Educational assessment and, more broadly, educational research in the United States have entered into an era characterized by a dramatic increase in the prevalence and importance of test score use in accountability systems. This volume covers a selection of contemporary issues about testing science and practice that impact the nation's public…

Analyses were conducted to determine whether the two statistical tests of significance are identical. Such demonstrations regarding parallel correlational and analysis of variance procedures have brought further understanding to each of the domains in the past. When a researcher is investigating the relationship between two variables and thinks…

Performance of 46 gifted and talented students (7-12 years old) on the Woodcock-Johnson Tests of Cognitive Ability and the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised was compared. Concurrent validity between the two full-scale measures was indicated. Scores on the alternative cluster of Broad Reasoning provided more accurate appraisal of…

Collected data from six samples to develop final scale revision of Twenty Statements Test (R-TST) and investigate some of its psychometric properties. Data suggest that the R-TST is a useful instrument for measuring the multidimensionality of death attitudes and yields information on several death-related dimensions not assessed by other…

Asserts that marital assessment instruments can be used to enhance effects of marital counseling. Examines some of more popular marital instruments available, including Stuart's Couples Precounseling Inventory, Russell and Madsen's Marriage Counseling Report, Taylor-Johnson Temperament Analysis, Snyder's Marital Satisfaction Inventory, and…