Explain in what resources you would find professional standards specific to educational professionals as test users.
What will be an ideal response?
• Specific professional practice standards exist for using tests in educational settings.
• Standards specific to testing in educational settings are contained in the Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing
o The Standards include two chapters particularly relevant to those who use tests in educational settings.
? Chapter 12 includes standards for (a) those who design and develop educational assessments, (b) those who use and interpret educational assessments, and (c) those who administer, score, and report educational assessment results.
? Chapter 13 of the Standards also includes standards for those involved in designing, developing, and using information from tests used in program evaluation, policy studies, and accountability systems.
• The standards are organized into two clusters:
o Cluster 1: Design and Development of Testing Programs and Indices for Program Evaluation, Policy Studies, and Accountability Systems
o Cluster 2: Interpretations and Uses of Information From Tests used in Program Evaluation, Policy Studies, and Accountability Systems
• Standards specific to school psychologists who use testing in educational settings are also contained in the 2010 NASP Professional Standards, which consists of four documents that communicate NASP’s position on the qualifications and expected practices of school psychologists who provide services in the educational setting to help children succeed academically, as well as behaviorally, emotionally, and socially.
o Perhaps the document with the standards most relevant to test use is NASP’s (2010b) Principles for Professional Ethics.
o The Principles are organized into four sections. Each section has multiple principles with associated standards.
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