APA Handbook of Testing and Assessment in Psychology

This three-volume handbook is a comprehensive presentation of the theory and application of tests in psychology and education.

It begins with an in-depth portrayal of psychometrics: the quantitative underpinning of testing. It then provides thorough, up-to-date and informative chapters related to five general application areas of testing:

• industrial/organizational psychology
• clinical psychology (including health psychology)
• counseling psychology
• school psychology
• educational testing

In each of these five areas, this handbook is probably the most comprehensive review of the use of testing and assessment in the subfield.

Kurt F. Geisinger is currently director of the Buros Center on Testing and W. C. Meierhenry Distinguished University Professor of Educational Psychology at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. He has previously been professor and chair of the Department of Psychology at Fordham University; professor of psychology and dean at the State University of New York at Oswego; professor of psychology and academic vice president at LeMoyne College; and professor of psychology and vice president for academic affairs at the University of St. Thomas, Houston, TX. His primary interests lie in validity theory, admissions testing, proper test use, the use of tests with individuals with disabilities, the testing of language minorities, the translation or adaptation of tests from one language and culture to another and outcomes assessment. He has been a board member at large for APA; a representative of the Division of Evaluation, Measurement and Statistics to the APA Council of Representatives; an APA delegate and chair of the Joint Committee on Testing Practices (1992–1996); a member of APA's Committee on Psychological Testing and Assessment; chair of the National Council on Measurement in Education's (NCME's) Professional Development and Training Committee; cochair of NCME's Program Committee (1994); chair of the Graduate Record Examination Board; chair of the Technical Advisory Committee for the Graduate Record Examination; a member of the SAT Advisory Committee; a member and chair of the College Board's Advisory Research Committee; a member of NCME's Ad Hoc Committee to Develop a Code of Ethical Standards Committee; and has served on numerous other ad hoc task forces and panels. He is a fellow of APA, the Association for Psychological Science, and the American Educational Research Association. He is currently editor of Applied Measurement in Education and is currently serving or has served on the editorial committees for the International Journal of Testing, Educational and Psychological Measurement, College Board Review, Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, Psychological Assessment, Practical Assessment: Research and Evaluation, Journal of Educational Research, and Improving College and University Teaching. He has edited or coedited the Psychological Testing of Hispanics, Test Interpretation and Diversity, and High Stakes Testing in Education: Science and Practice in K–12 Settings and the 17th and 18th Mental Measurements Yearbooks and Tests in Print.