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Direct linkRamos, Erica; Alfonso, Vincent C.; Schermerhorn, Susan M. – Psychology in the Schools, 2009
The interpretation of cognitive test scores often leads to decisions concerning the diagnosis, educational placement, and types of interventions used for children. Therefore, it is important that practitioners administer and score cognitive tests without error. This study assesses the frequency and types of examiner errors that occur during the…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Cognitive Tests, Scoring, Cognitive Ability
Peer reviewedPeterson, Daniel; And Others – Psychology in the Schools, 1991
Analyzed for examiner errors 55 Wide Range Achievement Test-Revised (WRAT-R) protocols completed by 9 practitioners for metropolitan school district. All practitioners made errors, which occurred on 95 percent of protocols and averaged 3.0 errors per protocol. Most frequent errors included failures to obtain correct ceiling or basal, and failures…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Educational Diagnosis, Elementary Secondary Education, Error of Measurement
