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ERIC Number: ED278703
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1986-Jul
Pages: 35
Abstractor: N/A
ISBN: N/A
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Test Purchaser Qualifications: Present Practice, Professional Needs, and a Proposed System. Issues in Scientific Psychology.
Moreland, Kevin L.; And Others
Three papers are included in this document. The first, "An Introduction to the Problem of Test User Qualifications," by Kevin L. Moreland, is a short history of the American Psychological Association (APA)/American Educational Research Association (AERA)/National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME) Working Group on Test User Qualifications. The mission and objectives of the group, and the political and practical issues surrounding it are discussed. The second paper, "Establishing Test Purchaser Qualifications: Present Practices and Future Needs," by Gary J. Robertson, reviews the catalog and order fulfillment procedures of 13 major U.S. test publishers in order to determine the types of information required to establish individual purchaser qualifications. It advocates the establishment of a new system with four specific characteristics for evaluating purchaser qualifications. The third paper, "Test Purchaser Qualifications: A Proposed Voluntary System Based on Test Ethics," by Lorraine D. Eyde and Ernest S. Primoff, represents the work of the Test User Qualification Working Group of the Joint Committee on Testing Practices. It also describes a history of the APA's concern with test ethics and test user qualifications, the research conducted by the Working Group, and the preliminary elements of a model voluntary test purchaser system which may be adapted by test publishers. (JAZ)
Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative; Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: N/A
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Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: American Psychological Association, Washington, DC. Scientific Affairs Office.
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