Assessment Flashcards
Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
IDEA requires that (a) all disabled people from infancy to 21 years of age must be evaluated by a team of specialists to determine their specific needs; (b) an Individualized Educational Program (IEP) must be developed for each disabled child enrolled in the public education system that provides education for the student in the “least restrictive environment” and that has been approved by the child’s parents; and (c) while reliable, valid, and nondiscriminatory psychological tests can be used, assignment to special education classes cannot be made on the basis of IQ tests only.
Self-Directed Search/RIASEC
I/O
Holland classified occupations and occupational interests into six themes, which he believed reflect basic personality characteristics. The relationship between these themes is conceptualized in terms of a hexagon with themes located closer to one another being more similar. Starting in the upper left of the hexagon, the themes are
- Realistic
- Investigative
- Artistic
- Social
- Enterprising
- Conventional
These themes are measured by the Self-Directed Search (SDS).
Larry P. vs. Riles
The case of Larry P. was brought by plaintiffs on behalf of African American children who were disproportionately enrolled in special education classes in the San Francisco school system. Based primarily on the testimony of experts, the judge handed down the opinion that “IQ tests are racially and culturally biased, [and] have a discriminatory impact on Black children” and enjoined San Francisco public schools from using them to place Black children in special education classes.
Triarchic Theory (ACP)
Sternberg’s triarchic theory defines “successful intelligence” as the ability to adapt to, modify, and choose environments that accomplish one’s goals and the goals of society and proposes that it is composed of three abilities -
- analytical
- creative
- practical
Leiter-3
The Leiter-3 was designed as a culture-fair measure of cognitive abilities for individuals aged 3 to 75+ years. It can be administered without verbal instructions and is also useful for individuals with language problems or hearing impairment.
Examinees are required to match a set of response cards to corresponding illustrations on an easel. Test items emphasize fluid intelligence and evaluate four domains of cognitive functioning -
- visualization
- reasoning
- memory
- attention
Curriculum-Based Measurement
Curriculum-based measurement (CBM) involves periodic assessment of school-aged children with brief standardized and validated measures of basic academic skills that reflect the current school curriculum for the purposes of evaluating instructional effectiveness and making instructional decisions.
Raven’s Progressive Matrices
Raven’s Progressive Matrices is a nonverbal measure of general intelligence (g) and is considered useful as a multicultural test because it is relatively independent of the effects of specific education and cultural learning. There are several versions including the Standard Progressive Matrices and Colored Progressive Matrices.
WAIS-IV (Age, Range, FSIQ, Indexes)
The WAIS-IV (Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale, Fourth Edition) is an individually administered intelligence test for individuals ages 16:0 to 90:11. It provides a Full Scale IQ (FSIQ), scores on four Indexes (Working Memory, Verbal Comprehension, Processing Speed, and Perceptual Reasoning), and scores on 10 core and five supplemental subtests. The FSIQ and Index scores have a mean of 100 and standard deviation of 15; the subtests have a mean of 10 and standard deviation of 3.
Big Five Personality Traits
The initial identification of the personality traits that make up the “Big Five”
- extraversion
- agreeableness
- conscientiousness
- neuroticism
- openness to experience
utilized an atheoretical lexical approach that entailed identifying personality characteristics listed in the dictionary and then using factor analysis to identify the core traits (factors).
Glasgow Coma Scale
The Glasgow Coma Scale is used to assess level of consciousness following brain injury and involves rating the patient in terms of three responses -
- visual response (eye opening)
- best motor response
- best verbal response
Dynamic Assessment/Testing The Limits
Dynamic assessment was derived from Vygotsky’s method for evaluating a child’s mental development and involves deliberate deviation from standardized testing procedures to obtain additional information about an examinee and/or determine if he/she would benefit from assistance or instruction. Testing the limits, a type of dynamic assessment, involves providing an examinee with additional cues, suggestions, or feedback and is ordinarily done after standard administration of the test to preserve the applicability of the test’s norms.
Stroop Color-Word Association Test
The Stroop Test assesses the degree to which an examinee can suppress a prepotent (habitual) response in favor of an unusual one and measures cognitive flexibility, selective attention, and response inhibition. It is sensitive to frontal lobe damage, and poor performance has been associated with ADHD, mania, depression, and schizophrenia.
Flynn Effect
Research conducted prior to 2000 found that IQ test scores consistently increased over the previous 70 years in the United States and other industrialized countries. This increase is referred to as the Flynn effect, involves a rate of at least three IQ points per decade, and is apparently due primarily to increases in fluid intelligence. Recent research suggests, however, that the Flynn effect has reversed in some countries and, in the U.S., for individuals with IQs of 110 and above.
Rorschach Inkblot Test (Administration, Scoring Categories, Interpretation)
The Rorschach is a projective personality test that presents the examinee with 10 inkblots and is based on the premise that an examinee’s responses to the inkblots reflect his/her underlying personality, conflicts, etc.. Administration usually entails two phases - free association and inquiry. Most scoring systems involve looking at the following categories: location, determinants, form quality, content, and popularity; and interpretation involves considering the number and ratio of responses in each category.
KABC-II
The KABC-II (Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children) is a measure of cognitive ability for children ages 3:0 through 18:11 and was designed to be a culture-fair test by minimizing verbal instructions and responses. Interpretation of scores can be based on one of two models - the Cattell-Horn-Carroll (CHC) model of cognitive abilities or Luria’s neuropsychological processing model.
WISC-V (Age Range, Primary Indexes)
The WISC-V (Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children, Fifth Edition) is an individually administered intelligence test for examinees ages 6:0 to 16:11. It provides a Full Scale IQ (FSIQ) score; scores on five Primary Index Scales
- Verbal Comprehension
- Visual-Spatial
- Fluid Reasoning
- Working Memory
- Processing Speed
scores on optional Ancillary and Complementary Index Scales, and individual subtest scores.
high F Scale score
MMPI
suggests response carelessness or an attempt to “fake bad”
high K scale score
MMPI
indicates defensiveness or an attempt to “fake good.”
High L Scale Score
MMPI
A high L Scale score indicates an attempt to present oneself in a favorable light
Profile Analysis
MMPI
Scores are commonly interpreted through profile analysis, which involves considering the examinee’s two or three highest scale scores.