Epy 555 Midterm

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American Board of Assessment Psychology

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ABAP

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American Board of Professional Psychology

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ABPP

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Evaluation of accomplishment or the degree of elarning that has taken place, usually in regard to an academic area

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Achievement Testing

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An evaluative or diagnostic procedure that varies from teh usualy, customary, or standardized way a measurement is derived, either by some special accomodation made to the assessee or by alternative methods designed to measure the same variable

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Alternative Assessment

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American Psychological Association

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APA

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An organizationally standardized procedure for evaluation involving multiple assessment techniques

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Assessment Center Approach

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Monitoring the actions of others or oneself by visual or electronic means while recording quantitative and or qualitative information regarding the actions, typically for diagnostic or related purposes and either to design intervention or to measure the outcome of an intervention

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Behavioral observation

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Records, transcripts, and other accounts in written, pictorial, or other form in any media that preserve archival information accounts and other data and items relevant to the assessee

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Case history data

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Computerized scoring, interpretation, or other conversion of raw test data, physically transported from the same or other tests sites

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central processing

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A type of interpretive report desinged to provide expert and detailed analysis of test data that almost mimics the work of an expert consultant

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Consultative Report

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A reference point, usually numerical, derived as a result of judgement, used to divide a set of data into two or more classifications, with some action to be taken or some inference to be made on the basis of these calssifications

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cut score

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a type of interpretive report that features brief, scale-by-scale narrative summaries

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descriptive report

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A description of conclusion reached on the basis of ecidence and opinion through a process of distinguishing the nature of something and ruling out alternative conclusions

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diagnosis

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a tool used to make a diagnosis, usually to identify areas of deficit to be targeted for intervention

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diagnostic test

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a type of scoring report that provides not only a listing of scores but statistical data as well

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extended scoring report

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a specialty area in psychology that focuses on understanding the role of psychological variables in the onset , course, treatment, and prevention of illness, disease, and diability

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health psychology

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a typically non-systematic, relatively brief, and "off the record" assessment leading to the formation of an opinion or attitude, conducted by any person in any way for any reason, in an unofficial context and not subject to the same ethics or standard as evalation bya professional

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informal evaluation

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A form of interpretive report of psychological assessment usually computer generated in whcih data from behavioral, medical, administrative and other other sources are integrated

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integrative report

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a fromal or official computer generated account of test performance, presented in both numeric and narrative form and including an explnation fo the findings, the three varieties of interpretive report are descriptive, screening and consultive

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interpretive report

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a tool of assessment in whcih information is gathered through direct, reciprocal communication

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interview

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On-site, computerized scoring, interpretation, or other conversion of raw test data; contrast with central processing and teleprocessing, 13

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local processing