Computer Testing [1 of 2]

Describe how computers have enhanced the development, administration, and scoring of psychological tests. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of computerized testing and the pros and cons of administering a test using the web.

Selecting an Instrument [2 of 2]

Consider that you are a psychology professional, working in your area of interest in an educational setting (public or private school setting).

Advantages and disadvantages of computerized testing.

Pick one of the following instruments to consider while answering the questions below:

Achenbach Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL 1 ½ – 5) (CBCL 4 – 18)
Adult Basic Learning Examination
American College Testing Program – A-C-T
Child Sexual Behavior Inventory
Connors Rating Scales, Revised (CRS-R)
Cooperative Achievement Test
Diagnostic Mathematics Inventory
Graduate Record Examination
Horn Art Aptitude Inventory
Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children – II
KeyMath Revised
Learning Potential Assessment Device
Medical College Admission Test (MCAT)
Metropolitan Mathematics Instructional Tests
Metropolitan Readiness Tests
Miller Analogies Test
Quality of School Life Scales
Scholastic Aptitude Test
Seashore Measures of Musical Talents
SRA California Achievement Tests
Stanford Diagnostic Mathematics Test
Stanford Diagnostic Mathematics Test
Stanford Diagnostic Reading Test
Study Habits Checklist
Survey of School Attitudes
Survey of Study Habits and Attitudes
Wechsler Individual Achievement Test – II (WIAT-II)
What I Like to Do Interest Inventory
Wide Range Achievement Test – IV (WRAT-IV)
Woodcock Johnson – III
Woodcock Reading Mastery Tests – Revised

Advantages and disadvantages of computerized testin.

Locate appropriate support material in order to address the following:

What data regarding the reliability of the instrument is available (integrate major issues from Unit 4)?
What data regarding the validity of the instrument is available (integrate major issues from Unit 5)?
What is purported to be measured by the instrument?
In your specialty area, how would information from this instrument is employed to assist a client in an educational setting? Be sure to include references as appropriate.

Advantages and disadvantages of computerized testing