Current practices of personality and behavior assessment were analyzed. Projective techniques, especially figure drawings and sentence completion devices, were found to be the most often used instruments for personality assessment by school psychologists. Objective personality tests and published behavior rating scales were far less frequently…

Reacts to previous article by McConaughy by reviewing many uses of rating scales in delivery of school psychological services, provides guidelines for selecting and using rating scales, examines Achenbach scales in some detail as way to illustrate points about usage and development, and concludes with discussion about advancements in development…

A mail survey about the use of instruments in 9 assessment areas was answered by 389 school psychologists. Comparison with a similar survey 10 years earlier suggests no decline in assessment overall, although emphasis is switching away from intelligence testing, toward achievement testing, behavior rating, and adaptive measurements. (SLD)