Comprehensive and easy to read, Neukrug and Fawcett's ESSENTIALS OF TESTING AND ASSESSMENT: A PRACTICAL GUIDE, 2e introduces learners to the concepts and applications of assessment and testing. Case vignettes, samples of real tests, and additional activities and exercises increase understanding and reduce student anxiety.
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Part I: HISTORY AND CURRENT PROFESSIONAL ISSUES. 1. History of Testing and Assessment. 2. Ethical, Legal and Professional Issues in Assessment. Part II: TEST WORTHINESS AND TEST STATISTICS. 3. Test Worthiness: Validity, Reliability, Practicality and Cross-Cultural Fairness. 4. Statistical Concepts: Making Meaning out of Raw Scores. 5. Statistical Concepts: Creating New Scores to Interpret Test Data. Part III: COMMONLY-USED ASSESSMENT TECHNIQUES 6. Assessment of Educational Ability: Survey Battery, Diagnostic, Readiness and Cognitive Ability Tests. 7. Intellectual and Cognitive Functioning: Intelligence Testing and Neuropsychological Assessment. 8. Career and Occupational Assessment: Interest Inventories, Multiple Aptitude and Special Aptitude Tests. 9. Clinical Assessment: Objective and Projective Personality Tests. 10. Informal Assessment: Observation, Rating Scales, Classification Methods, Environmental Assessment, Records and Personal Documents and Performance-Based Assessment. Part IV: DIAGNOSIS AND WRITING THE ASSESSMENT REPORT. 11. Diagnosis in the Assessment Process 12. The Assessment Report Process: The Interview, Assessment Techniques, Environmental Assessment, and the Report.
Edward S. Neukrug is the Professor of Counseling at Old Dominion University, Dr. Ed Neukrug has made a substantial impact on the fields of counseling and human services. An author of 11 books and dozens of articles and chapters in books, his works have been read by thousands of counseling and human services students and professionals. A leader in several counseling and human services associations, he has helped steer the fields toward the future. In addition, Dr. Neukrug was the architect of the original ethics code of the National Association of Human Services (NOHS) and served in a variety of capacities for professional associations. He has several open-access, free websites which focus on learning of counseling theories, understanding one's view of human nature, testing and assessment, and more. His commitment to, and work in, the counseling and human services professions has been unwavering. Dr. Neukrug has received numerous awards for his work, including twice receiving the President's award from NOHS and recently receiving the American Counseling Association's (ACA) Fellows designation. You can view his works, open access websites, and accomplishments at www.counselingbooksetc.com and atwww.odu.edu/ eneukrug.. Charles Fawcett is a doctoral student at the University of Virginia. He is formerly a Faculty Lecturer at Old Dominion University where he also received his M.S. Ed. in Counseling. His therapy experience includes working with individuals, couples, and families at an Employee Assistance Program (EAP) as well as leading substance abuse groups. Charles previously served 10 years as a Naval Flight Officer and Bombardier/Navigator in the A-6 Intruder.
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