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Assessment Of Exceptional Students. Part One: Chapter 3. Practical & Ethical Considerations. Practical Considerations: Factors Affecting Test Results Factors Related to the Examinee Factors Related to the Examiner and the Examiner-Examinee Relationship Factors Related to the Test
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Assessment Of Exceptional Students Part One: Chapter 3
Practical & Ethical Considerations • Practical Considerations: Factors Affecting Test Results • Factors Related to the Examinee • Factors Related to the Examiner and the Examiner-Examinee Relationship • Factors Related to the Test • Ethical Considerations
Practical Considerations : Factors Affecting Test Results • Three principal factors: • Person being tested • Examiner & examinee interaction • The test • Factors Related to the Examinee • Anxiety & Motivation • Test Wiseness • SOLVE • Health & Emotional State • Type of Disability • Focus on Diversity –Students with limited English proficiency
Practical Considerations : Factors Affecting Test Results • Factors Related to the Examiner & the Examiner-Examinee Relationship • Differences in Administration • Computer Administration • Differences in Interpretation • Examiner Bias • Race of Examiner • Culture & Language of the Examiner • Scoring Errors
Factors Related to the Test Validity: Criterion-related validity Validity coefficient Concurrent validity Predictive validity Content validity Construct validity Reliability: Test-retest reliability Equivalent-form reliability Alternate-form reliability Test-retest with alternate forms Internal reliability Split-half Interscorer, interrater reliability Practical Considerations : Factors Affecting Test Results
Practical Considerations : Factors Affecting Test Results • Factors Related to the Test • Standard Error of Measurement: • Standard error of measurement • True score • Confidence bands • Other Test Characteristics • Basal • Ceiling • Possible Test Bias • Mean-difference bias • Item bias • Psychometric bias • Factor-analytic bias
Ethical Considerations • Competence and Appropriate Use of Assessments and Interventions • Use of Assessment in General and with Special Programs • Interpreting Test Results • Unqualified Persons • Obsolete Tests and Outdated Test Results • Test Scoring and Interpretation Services