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If I could give this book no stars, I would. After reading this book for a college course, it honestly seems like it was originally written in a different language, and then copied and pasted into Google Translate. There is colloquial language mixed with formal terminology. It is not user friendly; there are no chapter summaries, and very few visuals. The topics are also very poorly organized, and don't flow well. In my opinion, this textbook promotes frustration instead of learning.
Psychological Testing: History, Principles, and Applications (7e) | Robert J. Gregory Scoring Rubric 1: baseline 2: creative contextualization bcs of covering almost all principles and applications in psychological testing 1: routine conceptualization bcs of no new holistic comprehension on psychological testing 4: total points by 5
This book was a BEAST to read. The only reason it is receiving 2, and not 1 star is that the last chapters were actually somewhat interesting, discussing the legal ramifications of testing (including a blurb about how the Texas Education Agency was sued in 2000 over the TAAS. Lucky residents of Texas now have the new and improved TAKS--note the sarcasm).
I also, despite my hatred of this book, liked the discussion of career, interest and personality tests. (All 1.5 chapters devoted to it.) Since I believe these to be the tests that I will actually find myself using as a school counselor.
I now have a research-based hardened look at all the standardized tests I have ever taken or administered. My conclusion: tests suck.