Issues In Formal Measurement Flashcards
1
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Current Issues
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- Computer-based assessment
- High stakes testing
- Test bias
- Labeling
- Portfolios v. Standardized testing
- DSM-V
2
Q
Rights & Responsibilities of Test Takers
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- JCTP
- Written in informal language
3
Q
Codes of Ethics
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- ACA
- APA
- RUST Statement
- JCTP Code of Fair Testing Procedures
- Standards for Educational & Psychological Testing
4
Q
RUST Statement
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Promotes accurate, fair, and responsible use of standardized tests
5
Q
“Standards”
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Used in legal cases
6
Q
Ethical Issues in Professional Training
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Test user qualifications
- A, B, or C - must be certified or doctorate after A
- Understanding test purposes, characteristics, settings, and conditions of tests
Settings and conditions of tests
- Administration
- Scoring and interpretation
7
Q
Privacy Issues
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- Informed consent
- Relevance
8
Q
Ethical Issues
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- Professional training
- Test user qualifications
- Privacy issues
- Results
- Confidentiality
- Labeling
- Bias
9
Q
FERPA (Buckley Ammendment)
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- More about education
- Right to review records
10
Q
IDEA (PL 94-142)
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- Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act
- Tests with decreased bias, normed, and with training personnel
- School required accommodations
11
Q
PL 98-524
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Vocational Rehabilitation Act
12
Q
NCLB (PL 107-110)
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- No Child Left Behind
- high stakes testing
13
Q
HIPAA
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Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
- Transport, sharing results, security
- More about medicine
14
Q
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
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No discrimination
15
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Hobson v. Hansen
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- 1967
- grouped by ability
- Tests normed on white students
