Several ethical concerns have been raised about widespread administration of personality inventories. Malik wants to give a personality test to every student at his school. Which action best addresses a common ethical pitfall of this type of assessment practice?
A. Provide students with an informed consent explaining how the data will be used and give them the opportunity to opt-out of taking it.
B. Remind students that test taking is part of being in school, and this test, along with all tests in their classes, are required.
C. Give teachers a memo outlining how to administer the personality inventory and the reasons why it is being administered.
D. Send a letter home to all parents to let them know that students will be given this test at some point during the school year.
Answer: A
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