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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 |
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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) |
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What are hazards of group tests
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-motivation or confusion about instructions may handicap scores
-examiner may not recognize it |
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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) |
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Describe GRE properties
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-modestly predicts (r = .22 to .28) graduate school performance, but restriction of range issues
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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 |
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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) |
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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 |
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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 |