Correcting fallacies about educational and psychological testing
By: edited by Richard P. Phelps.
Contributors: Phelps, Richard P.
Publisher: American Psychological Association
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 287
ISBN-13: 9781433803925
Subjects: Educational tests and measurements -- Standards; Psychological tests -- Standards; Employment tests -- Standards; Professional education -- Standards
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface / Thomas Oakland; title: Introduction / Richard P. Phelps; title: Logical fallacies used to dismiss the evidence on intelligence testing / Linda S. Gottfredson; title: Psychological diagnostic testing : addressing challenges in clinical applications of testing / Janet F. Carlson and Kurt F. Geisinger; title: Educational achievement testing fallacies / Richard P. Phelps; title: College admission testing : myths and realities in an age of admissions hype / Wayne J. Camara; title: Criticisms of employment testing : a commentary / Ernest H. O'Boyle Jr. and Michael A. McDaniel; title: Mission : protect the public : licensure and certification testing in the 21st century / Stephen G. Sireci and Ronald K. Hambleton; title: Mistaken impressions of large-scale cognitive diagnostic testing / Jacqueline P. Leighton; title: Summary and discussion / Richard P. Phelps and Linda S. Gottfredson; title: Glossary; title: Appendix A : extended examples of thirteen especially influential logical fallacies about intelligence testing / Linda S. Gottfredson; title: Appendix B : the rocky score-line of Lake Wobegon / Richard P. Phelps.