Research Article

The Analysis of the Psychological Tests Using In Educational Institutions According To the Testing Standards

Volume: 8 Number: 4 December 28, 2017
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The Analysis of the Psychological Tests Using In Educational Institutions According To the Testing Standards

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to analyze four psychological tests which are frequently used in the Guidance and Research Centers and in the guidance services of the schools according to the standards for educational and psychological testing of APA (American Psychological Association) and test adaption standards of ITC (International Testing Commission). The tests were determined based on the goal- oriented sample selecting method and were selected from the most frequently used psychological tests in Guidance and Research Centers and school’s guidance centers. These tests are: Scale of Academic Self-Concept (Akademik Benlik Kavramı Ölçeği-ABKÖ), Evaluation of Early Childhood Development Tool (Gazi Erken Çocukluk Gelişimi Değerlendirme Aracı-GEÇDA), Primary Mental Abilities 7-11 (TKT 7-11), and Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children Revised Form (WISC-R). In this research, the chapters related to the validity, reliability and test development and revision of  “Standards For Educational And Psychological Testing” (APA, 1999) and the adaptation standards developed by ITC were translated into Turkish and a checklist was created by using these documents. The checklist has got two forms as short and long form. The tests were analyzed according to the short form of the checklist by researcher. In order to examine the reliability of these analyses, the analyses were repeated in three weeks’ time. Data of these analyses were exported to the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) 20.0 and descriptive analysis was perfomed. As a result of this research, the meeting levels of the psychological tests to the test standards in the checklist and the features of the tests which should be improved according to the validity, reliability, test development and revision and test adaptation were determined. In conclusion, the standards analyzed have not been met satisfactorily by ABKÖ and GEÇDA, and according to the analyses of the realibility of ABKÖ, it has been found that more relibility analyses should be done for ABKÖ. As for the results that obtained for the adapted tests, it has been found that most of the adaptation standards have been met for WISC-R and there are many standards that have not been met by for Primary Mental Abilities 7-11.

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Primary Language

English

Subjects

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Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Nizamettin Koç This is me

Publication Date

December 28, 2017

Submission Date

October 15, 2016

Acceptance Date

September 28, 2017

Published in Issue

Year 2017 Volume: 8 Number: 4

APA
Mor Dirlik, E., & Koç, N. (2017). The Analysis of the Psychological Tests Using In Educational Institutions According To the Testing Standards. Journal of Measurement and Evaluation in Education and Psychology, 8(4), 453-468. https://doi.org/10.21031/epod.365141
AMA
1.Mor Dirlik E, Koç N. The Analysis of the Psychological Tests Using In Educational Institutions According To the Testing Standards. JMEEP. 2017;8(4):453-468. doi:10.21031/epod.365141
Chicago
Mor Dirlik, Ezgi, and Nizamettin Koç. 2017. “The Analysis of the Psychological Tests Using In Educational Institutions According To the Testing Standards”. Journal of Measurement and Evaluation in Education and Psychology 8 (4): 453-68. https://doi.org/10.21031/epod.365141.
EndNote
Mor Dirlik E, Koç N (December 1, 2017) The Analysis of the Psychological Tests Using In Educational Institutions According To the Testing Standards. Journal of Measurement and Evaluation in Education and Psychology 8 4 453–468.
IEEE
[1]E. Mor Dirlik and N. Koç, “The Analysis of the Psychological Tests Using In Educational Institutions According To the Testing Standards”, JMEEP, vol. 8, no. 4, pp. 453–468, Dec. 2017, doi: 10.21031/epod.365141.
ISNAD
Mor Dirlik, Ezgi - Koç, Nizamettin. “The Analysis of the Psychological Tests Using In Educational Institutions According To the Testing Standards”. Journal of Measurement and Evaluation in Education and Psychology 8/4 (December 1, 2017): 453-468. https://doi.org/10.21031/epod.365141.
JAMA
1.Mor Dirlik E, Koç N. The Analysis of the Psychological Tests Using In Educational Institutions According To the Testing Standards. JMEEP. 2017;8:453–468.
MLA
Mor Dirlik, Ezgi, and Nizamettin Koç. “The Analysis of the Psychological Tests Using In Educational Institutions According To the Testing Standards”. Journal of Measurement and Evaluation in Education and Psychology, vol. 8, no. 4, Dec. 2017, pp. 453-68, doi:10.21031/epod.365141.
Vancouver
1.Ezgi Mor Dirlik, Nizamettin Koç. The Analysis of the Psychological Tests Using In Educational Institutions According To the Testing Standards. JMEEP. 2017 Dec. 1;8(4):453-68. doi:10.21031/epod.365141

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