Essentials of Testing and Assessment: A Practical Guide for Counselors, Social Workers, and Psychologists
This text is intended for upper-level undergraduate and graduate level courses in departments of counselor education, social work, clinical psychology, and human services. Typical course names include Assessment in Counseling, Introductory Assessment, Mental Health Appraisal, Counseling Assessment, Appraisal Techniques, and Appraisal in Counseling.
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This undergraduate textbook examines how formal and informal tests are created, scored, and interpreted by mental health professionals when evaluating clients, and surveys the various techniques commonly used for assessing educational ability, intelligence, career and occupational aptitude, and clinical issues. The final section describes the Diagnostic and statistical manual, fourth edition (DSM-IV-TR), and walks through the process of writing an effective assessment report. Annotation ©2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
INTRODUCTION TO SECTION I: HISTORY AND CURRENT PROFESSIONAL ISSUES. 1. History Of Testing And Assessment. 2. Ethical, Legal, And Professional Issues In Assessment. INTRODUCTION TO SECTION II: TEST WORTHINESS AND TEST STATISTICS. 3. Test Worthiness: Validity, Reliability, Practicality, And Cross-Cultural Fairness. 4. Statistical Concepts: Making Meaning Out Of Raw Scores Raw Scores. 5. Deriving Meaning From Test Scores. INTRODUCTION TO SECTION III: COMMONLY USED ASSESSMENT TECHNIQUES. 6. Educational Assessment Of Ability: Survey Battery, Diagnostic, Readiness, And Cognitive Ability Tests. 7. Assessment of Intelligence. 8. Career And Occupational Assessment: Interest Inventories, Special Aptitude And Multiple Aptitude Tests. 9. Clinical Assessment: Objective And Projective Personality Tests, Defining Clinical Assessment. 10. Informal Assessment: Observation, Rating Scales, Classification Methods, and Records and Personal Documents. INTRODUCTION TO SECTION IV: DIAGNOSIS AND WRITING THE ASSESSMENT REPORT. 11. Diagnosis In The Assessment Process Importance Of A Diagnosis. 12. The Assessment Report Process: The Interview, Assessment Techniques, Environmental Assessment, The Report. References. Appendices.
