Discuss the historical linkage between counseling and tests. What are necessary qualities for good tests?
What will be an ideal response?
Historical linkage of counseling and testing, and necessary qualities of good tests:
• Historical linkage:
• WWI – Employed intelligence tests to screen inductees
• Vocational testing emphasized in 19380s because of the Great Depression
• National Defense Education Act
• National Education Act Resolution 72-44
• Qualities of good tests:
• Validity
• Reliability
• Standardization and Norms
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