Assessment in Counseling

Describe the historical perspectives concerning the nature and meaning of assessment.

Identify basic concepts of standardized and non-standardized testing and other assessment techniques including: norm-referenced and criterion-referenced assessment, environmental assessment, performance assessment, individual and group test and inventory methods, psychological testing and behavioral observations.

Describe and interpret statistical concepts, including scales of measurement, measures of central tendency, indices of variability, shapes and types of distributions and correlations.

Identify and analyze aspects of reliability including: theories of measurement error, models of reliability and the use of reliability information.

Identify and analyze aspects of validity including: evidence of validity, types of validity and the relationship between reliability and validity.

Evaluate assessments based on evidence of reliability and validity.

Recognize appropriate forms of test construction and employee the use of ethical strategies for selecting, administering and interpreting assessment and evaluation instruments and techniques in counseling.

Demonstrate the use of ability testing, career and performance inventories, structured personality tests, projective and behavioral measures, measures of anxiety and stress, and testing in health care and environmental settings.

Identify aspects of diversity that can impact test results in both individual and group settings, including: age, gender, sexual orientation, language, disability, culture and spatiality/

Interpret tests and write a test report.