Evaluating Assessment Instruments

COUN 6204A Week 1 Assignment

Assignment: Evaluating Assessment Instruments

Counselors require a toolbox of assessment instruments from which to pull when working with clients. They must build a broad knowledge base of assessment instruments in order to be an informed consumer of assessment tools. The Mental Measurements Yearbook (MMY) library database is an excellent tool for counselors to use in identifying and evaluating assessment instruments for measuring numerous constructs of interest.

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”.

Note: Complete sections A-J (noted above) only. Do not use an assessment instrument already reviewed on the website.