Assessment Foundations
History & Test Formats
Clinical Errors & Process
Ethical & Legal Standards
Test Fairness & Multicultural Basics
100

A mood disorder professional counselors would investigate during an individual assessment process, also measured by a PHQ9

Client's Depression

100

The nonverbal group intelligence assessment developed during World War I

Army Beta

100

The three required criteria for an assessment instrument to be considered standardized

Uniform Administration, Representative Norms, and Objective Scoring

100

The document sponsored and published by the Joint Committee on Testing Practices

Code of Fair Testing Practices in Education

100

The assessment domain to which test anxiety is most closely linked

Ability Testing

200

The assessment category most likely used to evaluate client attitudes

Personality Assessment

200

The broad test type in increasing demand as U.S. careers became specialized after World War I

Ability Testing

200

The clinical interviewing error of placing disproportionate weight on information gathered early in the intake

Anchoring

200

The group most harmed when unnecessary restrictions are placed on test access

Clients

200

The interactive "test-teach-retest" framework used as a culturally responsive alternative to static cognitive tests

Dynamic Assessment

300

The assessment category used to measure what an individual likes to do and prefers vocationally

Career Assessment

300

A popular (and awkwardly named) assessment that does NOT rank in the top 15 tools used by clinical mental health counselors

Woodcock-Johnson

300

The error introduced when a counselor's prior expectations unconsciously influence client test scoring

Rosenthal Effect (Examiner Expectancy)

300

The user qualification level required to administer and score the Rorschach Inkblot Test

Level C

300

The fairness criterion requiring that test items reflect concepts test takers had equal exposure to learn

Equal opportunity to learn

400

The category of assessment used to evaluate general cognitive ability, reasoning, and problem-solving

Intelligence Assessment

400

An evaluation that does not compare scores to a norm group, relying instead on qualitative clinician judgment

Nonstandarized Assessment

400

The stage of change in which a client is least likely to benefit from exploratory assessment

Maintenance Stage

400

Major ethical concerns in assessment involving storage, disclosure, and clinical services

Data Storage, Service Received, and Disclosure of Results

400

The test fairness expectation that diverse examinees have equal access to standardized testing procedures

Equal standing on test construct

500

In a smoking cessation group evaluation, outside cessation methods used independently by group members represent this type of variable

Extraneous Variable

500

The observer error occurring when rating criteria slip over time due to fatigue or an increased volume of observation

Decay

500

The official division of the American Counseling Association (ACA) actively involved in publishing assessment standards

AARC

500

The single factor that best predicts a client's test anxiety

Previous low score on a similar test

500

The bias occurring when test items contain terms or scenarios more familiar to one cultural group

Content bias