Evaluating Assessment Instruments

 

For this Assignment, select a construct that can be assessed (e.g., anger, depression, IQ, mania, suicidal tendencies, developmental delays, education, etc.). Then, go to the library databases in the Walden Library and select the Mental Measurements Yearbook (MMY) database. Conduct a search of assessment instruments that evaluate the construct you selected. Finally, select one assessment instrument that you feel effectively measures the construct you selected.

In a 2- to 3-page APA-formatted paper, provide the following information for your selected assessment instrument:

Section I: General Information

  1. Title
  2. Author
  3. Publisher
  4. Forms, groups to which applicable
  5. Practical features
  6. General type
  7. Date of publication
  8. Costs, booklets, answer sheets, scoring
  9. Time required to administer
  10. How construct is measured

Examples of how to report these features may be found on the website for the Association for Assessment in Counseling and Education (AACE) in the section marked “Test Reviews”.

The article to use is uploaded.