Chapter 7- Selecting, Administering, Scoring, and Communicating Assessment Results

Question 1

The following steps may be helpful in selecting an assessment instrument or strategies:

Answer 1

1. determine what information is needed
2. analyze strategies for obtaining information
3. search assessment resources
4. evaluate assessment strategies
5. select an assessment instrument or strategy

Question 2

One of the most important assessment resources is

Answer 2

the Mental Measurements Yearbooks (MMY)

Question 3

Analyze strategies for obtaining information

Answer 3

Formal, informal, interview, checklists, etc.

Question 4

Another good resource for identifying possible instruments is

Answer 4

Educational Testing Services (ETS)

Question 5

Select and administer assessment instrument or strategy.

Answer 5

Look at instrument development, norming, reliability (look at reliability
coefficient), validity, fairness, user qualifications and training.
* Administer: Clear guidelines in test manual (room set up, environment,
language, etc)
* Scoring: (online vs manual)
* Communicating results (note challenges with percentiles, interpret using
client questions.