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| Evaluation of accomplishment or the degree of learning that has taken place, usually with regard to an academic area |
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| An evaluative or diagnostic procedure or process that varies from the usual, customary, or standardized way a measurement is derived, either by some special accommodation made to the assessee or by alternative methods designed to measure the same variable(s) |
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| Assessment center approach |
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| An organizationally standardized procedure for the evaluation involving multiple assessment techniques |
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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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| Records, transcripts, and other accounts in written, pictorial, or other form, in any media, that preserve archival information, official and informal accounts, and other data and items relevant to an assessee |
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| Computerized scoring, interpretation, or other conversion of raw test data, physically transported from the same or other test sites; contrast with teleprocessing and local processing |
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| A type of interpretive report designed to provide expert and detailed analysis of test data that almost mimics the work of an expert consultant |
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| Also referred to as a cutoff score, a reference point, usually numerical, derived as a result of judgment, 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 classifications |
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| A type of interpretive report that features brief, scale-by-scale narrative summaries |
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| A description or conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and opinion through a process of distinguishing the nature of something and ruling out alternative conclusions |
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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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| A type of scoring report that provides not only a listing of scores but statistical data as well |
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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 disability |
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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 standards as evaluation by a professional; contrast with formal evaluation |
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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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| A formal or official computer-generated account of test performance, presented in both numeric and narrative form and including an explanation of the findings; the three varieties of interpretive report are descriptive, screening, and consultative; contrast with scoring report and integrative report |
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| A tool of assessment in which information is gathered through direct, reciprocal communication |
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| On-site, computerized scoring, interpretation, or other conversion of raw test data; contrast with central processing and teleprocessing |
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| Assigning numbers or symbols to characteristics of people or objects according to rules |
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| A work sample; referred to as portfolio assessment when used as a tool in an evaluative or diagnostic process |
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| (1) The form or sheet on which testtaker's responses are entered; (2) a method or procedure for evaluation or scoring |
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| The gathering and integrating of psychological data for psychological evaluation, through the use of tests, interviews, case studies, behavioral observation, and specially designed apparatuses and measurement procedures; contrast with psychological testing |
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| A reconstruction of a dead person's psychological profile on the basis of archival records, artifacts, and interviews with the assessee while living or with people who knew him or her |
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| A measuring device or procedure designed to measure psychology-related variables |
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| The measuring of psychology-related variables by means of devices or procedures designed to obtain samples of behavior |
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| A professional in testing and assessment who typically holds a doctoral degree in psychology or education and specializes in areas such as individual differences, quantitative psychology, or theory of assessment; contrast with psychometrist |
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| The science of psychological measurement (synonymous with the antiquated term psychometry) |
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| A professional in testing and assessment who typically holds a master's degree in psychology or education and is qualified to administer specific tests; contrast with psychometrician |
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| Antiquated term for psychometrics |
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| A working relationship between examiner and examinee in testing or assessment |
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| Acting an improvised or partially improvised part in a simulated situation |
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| An assessment tool wherein assessees are instructed to act as if they were placed in a particular situation |
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| A code or summary statement, usually but not necessarily numerical, that reflects an evaluation of the performance on a test, task, interview, or other sample of behavior |
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| The process of assigning evaluative codes or statements to performance on tests, tasks, interviews, or other behavior samples |
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| A formal or official computer-generated account of test performance, usually represented numerically; the two varieties are simple scoring report (containing only a report of the scores) and the extended scoring report (containing item statistics); contrast with interpretive report and integrative report |
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| A type of interpretive report that provides information on each of the scales as well as the relationship between some of the scales |
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| A type of scoring report that provides only a listing of scores |
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| Computerized scoring, interpretation, or other conversion of raw test data sent over telephone lines by modem from a test site to a central location for computer processing; contrast with central processing and local processing |
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| A measuring device or procedure |
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