Test use is ubiquitous in contemporary society likewise, test misuse cuts across many fields, applications, and types of tests. Test misuse can be substantially reduced through training in test policy, selection, administration, scoring, interpretation, and reporting. Responsible Test Use: Case Studies for Assessing Human Behavior, Second Edition is an interdisciplinary reference source for promoting quality assurance in testing. It consists of 85 training cases that illustrate a variety of problems related to test use. Twenty-eight of the cases are new for this edition. Each case is drawn from real life and includes a description of the incident focus questions to encourage active involvement with issues raised by the case an analysis of the problems posed plus possible ways of better handling the situation a listing of empirically-derived dimensions of test misuse that are likely to generalize to new testing situations Cases developed for this edition represent three test settings that were not covered in the previous edition: computer and internet testing formats, forensic, and cross cultural-English language learners. In addition, revised cases cover counseling and training, education, employment, mental health, neuropsychology, and speech-language-hearing settings. This book is intended for use as a supplementary textbook in undergraduate and graduate measurement courses and for trainers of specialized assessment practitioners, such as school psychologists and educational diagnosticians. It can also serve as a valuable tool for in-service training or continuing education, for licensing exam preparation, and as a resource for other individuals committed to improving assessment practices.

Table of Contents:
Foreword  Kurt F. Geisinger Preface Acknowledgments Part I: Introduction Chapter : Overview Chapter 2: Elements and Competencies of Good Test Use Part II: Case Studies Section : Professional Development: Training, Responsibility, and Ethics Case . Personality Evaluation in a Scholarship Program Case 2. Assessing English Language Learners Case 3. This Gun for Hire Case 4. Incumbent Testing for Apprenticeship Positions Case 5. Assessing Police Officers Case . Practicing Within Areas of Competence Case 7. Untimely Timelines Case 8. The Untrained Interpreter Case 9. Use of Computer-Prepared Test Interpretations Case . The Star-Struck Clinician Case . Guilty for Lack of Evidence Case 2. Dealing With the Press Case 3. Buyer Beware Case 4. When Test Preparation Goes Too Far Case 5. The Uninformed Instructors Case . Passing the Buck Case 7. The Devil Is in the Details Case 8. The Slick Salesman Case 9. Personnel Screening for Emotional Stability Case 2 . Disposition of Psychological Test Reports Case 2 . Proper Interpretation of Test Results Requires Training Case 22. Expert Testimony Can Hurt You or Help You Case 23. A Sensitive School Psychologist Case 24. Dealing With Parental Concern About Ethnic Bias in Testing Case 25. Compromised Test Section 2: Test Selection Case 2 . Using the Wrong Cutoff Score From the Wrong Test Case 27. Unguided Referral Case 28. Making Up Your Own Tests Case 29. Poor Choices and a Misdiagnosis Case 3 . How Competent Do You Really Have to Be? Case 3 . Misleading Public Statements Case 32. The Graduate School Admissions Conundrum Case 33. Insufficient Assessment Case 34. What Memory Problems? Case 35. I Can't Read, but I Know What's Going On Section 3: Test Administration and Scoring Case 3 . Standardized Administration Procedures Case 37. Intellectual Assessment of a Bilingual Student Case 38. The Incompetent Examiner Case 39. Using Substandard Testing Equipment Case 4 . Unwanted Help Screens Case 4 . Not Following Established Protocol Case 42. Testing Individuals Who Are Blind Case 43. Scoring Errors Plague High-Stakes Tests Case 44. Banking on the Test Case 45. A Case of Failure to Communicate Case 4 . College Placement by Internet Case 47. Testing College-Bound Students With Physical Disabilities Section 4: Test Interpretation: Principles, Norms, and Psychometrics Case 48. Pitfalls in Comparing Scores on Old and New Editions of a Test Case 49. Are Observed Score Differences Trustworthy? Case 5 . Special Children Need Special Tests Case 5 . Are You Paranoid When People Really Are Against You? Case 52. It's a Man's Job Case 53. High School Rankings Rankle Educators Case 54. The Puzzling Chinese Personality Profiles Case 55. Responsible Interpretation of Test Score Differences Case 5 . The Use and Misuse of Psychological Testing Case 57. The Lopsided High School Admissions Test Case 58. The Below-Average Sicilian Gifted Students Case 59. Date Matching Case . The Missing Personality Test Case . Don't Believe Everything You Hear Case 2. A Faculty Member in Distress Case 3. Test Results Without Interpretation Case 4. Confusing Norm-Referenced and Criterion-Referenced Test Scores Case 5. Evaluating Children With Hearing Impairments Case . The Questionable Cutoff Score Case 7. Immigrants Lose Financially Case 8. Comparing Proficiency Levels on State and National Assessments Case 9. An English Language Learner's Aptitude Test Anxiety Case 7 . Inconsistencies Between Test Results and Behavior Case 7 . Being Locked Up Makes A Difference Case 72. Using Out-of-Level Testing and Grade-Equivalent Scores for Instructional Planning Case 73. Assessing Similar Constructs in Different Cultures Case 74. Narrowing Educational and Vocational Options Section 5: Reporting Test Results to Clients and Administrative Policy Issues Case 75. Borderline Practice Case 7 . What Does a Percentile Rank Mean? Case 77. Conducting Individual Assessments Case 78. The Well-Meaning Trainer Case 79. The Right Test in the Wrong Way Case 8 . Computer Feedback in Career Counseling Case 8 . A Case of Speedy Selection Case 82. Selecting Doctoral Students at Best State University Case 83. Inappropriate Choices Affect Referral for Treatment Case 84. Using Test Results to Promote a Prestigious Private School Case 85. Saying Too Much on the Basis of Too Little Appendices Contributors of Incidents and Casebook Reviewers Index of Cases Classified by Competency Index of Cases Classified by Element References Index About the Authors Key to Competencies and Elements