During the last several years social scientists have increasingly recognized the impact of globalization on research and practice. It is imperative that psychology as a field be cognizant of this ongoing shift and that psychologists begin to integrate their various models, theories, and perspectives into a global curriculum. Sponsored by the International Testing Commission, The ITC Handbook of International Testing and Assessment is dedicated to the advancement of theory, research, and practice in the area of international testing and assessment in psychology, education, counseling, organizational behavior, human resource management, and related disciplines. Bringing together international contributors from a range of disciplines, each chapter provides a review of testing and assessment research and practices around the world as well as a discussion of conceptual and methodological challenges to help advance the field. As The ITC Handbook, it also provides a historical perspective of international testing, the development of the ITC, and its guidelines. Recognizing that cultural and international contexts are essential to a true and accurate psychology, the authors describe how cultural, economic, political, and social factors in different countries frame the science and practice of testing and assessment. The ITC Handbook is a must-have resource for testing professionals and graduate students from psychology and related disciplines.

Table of Contents:
Section 1: Introduction and Overview Chapter 1 Introduction Frederick T.L. Leong, Dave Bartram, Fanny M. Cheung, Kurt F. Geisinger, and Dragos Iliescu Chapter 2 History and Current Status of Testing across Cultures and Countries Ype Poortinga and Eckhard Klieme Chapter 3 Brief History of the International Test Commission Thomas Oakland Chapter 4 The ITC Guidelines: International Standards and Guidelines Relating to Tests and Testing Dave Bartram and Ronald K. Hambleton Section 2: Domains of Testing and Assessment Chapter 5 Measuring and Understanding Intellectual and Other Abilities Eleanor Armour-Thomas and Lisa Suzuki Chapter 6 Measuring states and traits in motivation and emotion Robert A. Roe and Ilke Inceoglu Chapter 7 A look inside the toolbox: Measurement procedures in Implicit Social Cognition Rebecca Weil Chapter 8 Values Shalom Schwartz and Jan Cieciuch Chapter 9 Assessment of Career Interests Frederick T.L. Leong, Weiqiao Fan, and Xiaolu Zhou Chapter 10 Personality Assessment Dragos Iliescu and Dan Ispas Chapter 11 Psychopathology: Psychosis assessment and high-risk paradigms Eduardo Fonseca Pedrero, Diane C. Gooding, Martin Debbané, and Jose Muñiz Chapter 12 Neuropsychological Assessment Anita M. Hubley and Maeve A. Mangaoang Section 3: Settings Chapter 13 Testing in Educational and Developmental Settings Stephen G. Sireci and Fernanda Gándara Chapter 14 Test Use in Work Settings Dirk D. Steiner and Neal Schmitt Chapter 15 Clinical Assessment in International Settings James N. Butcher, Giselle A. Hass, and Jacob A. Paulsen Chapter 16 Forensic Context Testing Martin Fisher, Sarah Brown, Georgia Barnett, and Helen Wakeling Chapter 17 Advances in Rehabilitation and Health Assessments Elias Mpofu, Ros Madden, Richard Madden, David Kellett, David B. Peterson, W. Dent Gitchel, and Eun-Jeong Lee Section 4: Special Populations Chapter 18 Testing Individuals with Disabilities: An International Perspective Kurt F. Geisinger and Carina McCormick Chapter 19 Children and Adolescents Diana Joyce-Beaulieu and Carmelo M. Callueng Chapter 20 Taking Diversity into Account: Assessment of Older Adults Meirong Kuang, Felix-Nicolai Müller, Yang Fang, Helene H. Fung, and Frieder R. Lang Chapter 21 Language and Culture in Testing Franziska Schwabe, Alina A. von Davier, and Micheline Chalhoub-Deville Chapter 22 Testing and Assessment of Immigrants and Second-Language Learners Thomas Oakland Chapter 23 Indigenous Approaches to Testing and Assessment Fanny M. Cheung and Velichko H. Fetvadjiev Section 5: Methodological Advances Chapter 24 Response Biases Eunike Wetzel, Jan R. Böhnke, and Anna Brown Chapter 25 Test Adaptations Fons J. R. van de Vijver Chapter 26 Multigroup Comparisons: Testing for Measurement, Structural, and Latent Mean Equivalence Barbara M. Byrne Chapter 27 Technology and Testing: Developments in Education, Work, and Healthcare Stephen Stark, Jaclyn Martin, and Oleksandr S. Chernyshenko Chapter 28 Reliability and Validity: History, Notions, Methods, Discussion Paul De Boeck and Paula Elosua Section 6: Problems and Challenges Chapter 29 Ethical Standards, Guidelines, and Related Issues Pertinent to International Testing and Assessment Thomas Oakland and Dragos Iliescu Chapter 30 Norming Dave Bartram and Fons J. R. van de Vijver Chapter 31 Assessment Design for Accuracy of Scores, Meaningfulness of Interpretations and Fairness of Decision Making in High-stakes Educational Testing Kadriye Ercikan and Avi Allalouf Index