Psychometrics

Mrs. Bell is a pleasant lady of 71 years old in extended leave, diagnosed with schizophrenia, hypertension, tremor and asthma. Client was referred by Dr. Kevin Wong from CRESST on February 16, 2017 for a cognitive assessment due to difficulty with memory skills. Dr. Wijeyesinghe also referred on February 1 for independent living skills assessment. Client provided informed consented to complete the evaluation process. Methods of Assessment 1. Standardized Mini-Mental State Examination (SMMSE)…

Abstract: Since the enactment of No child left behind the policy has acquired much criticism and controversy amongst educators, parents and the public. The standardized test have shown to be a non-effective measure to determine the proficiency and an unjustly representation of students whom exhibit language barriers such as Latin American immigrants. Since education is the foundation for social change many Latin Americans are not being able to reach their full potential under this act, thus…

Acceptability of the program: Social acceptability of the program was assessed by using the FRIENDS Social Acceptability Measure (Lowry-Webster et al., 2003). Participants rated their overall satisfaction with the intervention on 6 questions each on a 5-point Likert scale ranging from “strongly disagree” to “strongly agree” (e.g. “In general, I believe the program is useful”, “I believe I benefited from the program”). They were also asked to write comments about the program. 5.3.5 Data analysis…

The key things I learned about assessment from this project are My group and I decided to choose Standardized testing as our topic. While we gathered resources I came across several sources that suggested, formal high stakes standardized testing can be traced back to the late 18 hundreds and maybe even longer. According to one of the articles I found, it is argued that standardized testing in high stakes forms pushes the students and helps them reach their full potential. For example: if a high…

How many high school students do you know that enjoy taking tests? My guess, not many. Most students can handle one or two tests a year but if you ask them to take two or three every semester you will have a problem. There are many problems with so many standardized tests. One, They take away from actual class time of learning so you spend more time finding out what you know than actually learning about stuff. Two, doing so many tests in a short period of time students lose interest and their…

Journal #1 Response It is common knowledge to most that in college there are higher expectations than in high school. These expectations include simply the college environment, but most importantly individuals style of writing. The way high school and college level writing differs is important knowledge to know to be prepared for the next step in your education. As high school students entering college, we must adjust to these new skills. Actually, most “instructors routinely describe having…

Do I.Q test scores determine your ability to achieve a good career for your near future: An Annotated Bibliography Conflicting arguments in today’s time, parents, students and educators go on and on through contradicting arguments, arguable statements and back on behalf of the I.Q tests being effective or noneffective in the long run. I.Q test scores should not determine the outcome on your goals in career paths, we must take it into consideration the different abilities that make this…

Standardized Testing Standardized Testing has been used for over fifty years to determine if students are capable of undertaking the difficulty of college-level courses. The SAT is meant to test a student’s reasoning and critical thinking skills that they have acquired during their secondary education. Standardized testing is currently used for college admissions nationwide. If a student were to receive a low to mediocre score on the SAT, they would automatically be ineligible to meet the…

The purpose of the O*Net Interest Profiler is to “better understand the relationship among the various personality types and work environment” (Duggan & Jurgens, 2007, p. 24). The face validity is extremely accurate in that each question directly relates to personality characteristics applicable to work environments. The results of this test indicated personality characteristics of my pervious work experience, SIC: social, investigative and conventional. I have three jobs in the training of…

The purpose of testing must be to improve services for children and ensure that children benefit from their educational experiences. Decision about testing and assessment instruments must be based on the usefulness of the assessment procedure for improving services to children and improving outcomes for children. Assessment should bring about benefits for children. Assessments should be tailored to a specific purpose and should be reliable, valid, and fair for that purpose. Assessments should be…