6A Groups Tests Of Ability And Related Concepts

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Describe Group Tests

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-multiple choice
-objective machine scoring
-group administration
applications in screening
-huge standardization samples (eg, N = 50,000)
-useful for research
-not recommended for making big decisions
-typically just screening

Front 2

Describe Individual Tests

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-open ended
-examiner scoring
-individualized administration
-applications in remedial planning
-smaller standardization samples (eg N = 2000)
-useful for making big decisions (special Ed)

Front 3

What are hazards of group tests

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-motivation or confusion about instructions may handicap scores
-examiner may not recognize it

Front 4

What are examples of group tests of ability/intelligence?

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-Multidimensional Aptitude Battery-II
-The WAIS-R adapted for group testing
-The Cognitive Abilities Tests (CogAT)
-multilevel battery: different sets of questions are used for children of different ages/grades

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Describe culture fair intelligence test (CFIT)

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-goal is to test fluid intelligence (analytical reasoning) in a way that is "free" of cultural bias
-use figural and non-verbal items
-actually not more fair than traditional intelligence tests
-"culture-fair" is more realistic than "culture free"
-testing in itself is learned at a particular society
-you will never be free from the cultural bias

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What are three different kinds of multiple aptitude test batteries?

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-The Differential Aptitude Test (DAT)
-The General Aptitude Test Battery (GATB)
-The Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB)

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What are two different tests predicting college performance?

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-The Scholastic Assessment Tests (SAT)
-800 possible per subtest
-Subtests: Critical reading, math and writing
-high reliability, SEM = 35 pts
-Combined with HS GPA, R = .55 with first year college grades (problematic b/c it's not the overall 4 year)
-The American College Test (ACT)

Front 8

Describe GRE properties

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-modestly predicts (r = .22 to .28) graduate school performance, but restriction of range issues

Front 9

What are some use of multiple aptitude batteries tests?

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-predicting college performance
-postgraduate selection tests
-educational, career counseling, vocational placement, and armed services classification

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What are some examples of educational achievement tests?

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-Iowa tests of basic skills (ITBS)
-Metropolitan Achievement Test (MAT)
-Tests of General Educational Development (GED)

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Describe Educational Achievement Tests

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-screen people for specific achievement deficits
-help parents/educators recognize children's academic strengths and weaknesses
-identify school-wide achievement deficiencies
-measure success of educational programs
-group students by skill level
-identify right level of instruction for students

Front 12

Describe Iowa tests of basic skills (ITBC)

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-goal is to guide instruction
-multilevel battery of achievement tetsts K-8 grades
-good reliability
-correlates with HS grades, r = .60ish (very strong)

Front 13

Describe Metropolitan Achievement Test (MAT)

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-reading scores reported as Lexile measures
-200L to 1700 L
-reading level matched to level of reading material

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Describe tests of general educational development (GED)

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-employers regard as equivalent (or even superior) to high school diploma
-Open doors

Front 15

Explain how Lexile measures work

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-reading materials and readers' reading levels placed on a continuum
-range from 200L to 1700
-when the difference between the reader and material is zero, comprehension is about 75 percent
-When the text difficulty exceeds about 250L comprehension is 50 percent
-when the reader exceeds about 250L, comprehension is 90 percent

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Describe ASVAB

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-most widely used aptitude test in existence
-used by the Armed Services to screen potential recruits and to assign personal to different jobs

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Describe DAT

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-used on the basis of the educational and vocational guidance of grade 7 to 12 students

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Describe GATB

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-predict job performance in 100 specific occupations
-derived from factor analysis