Ethical Standard #9

Assessment
Table of Informed

Content
Bases for Consent in Test
Assessments Assessments Construction

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Use of Release of Test Interpreting

Assessments Data Assessment
Results
Table of Assessment by Test Scoring and
Content Unqualified
Persons
Interpretation
Services
Maintaining Test
Security

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Obsolete Tests and Explaining

Outdated Test Assessment
Results Results
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Basis for Assessment (9.01)

Basis for Assessment

Psychologists base the opinions contained in their recommendations, reports,

and diagnostic or evaluative statements, including forensic testimony, on
information and techniques sufficient to substantiate their findings.

Psychologists provide opinions of the psychological characteristics

of individuals only after they have conducted an examination of
the individuals adequate to support their statements or conclusions.
Basis for Assessment
• When psychologists conduct a record
review or provide consultation or
supervision and an individual examination
is not warranted or necessary for the
opinion, psychologists explain this and the
sources of information on which they
based their conclusions and
recommendations.
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Use of Assessments (9.02)

Use of Assessments

• Psychologists administer,
adapt, score, interpret, or use
assessment techniques,
interviews, tests, or
instruments in a manner and
for purposes that are
appropriate considering the
research on or evidence of the
usefulness and proper
application of the techniques.
 Use of Assessments
• Psychologists use assessment
instruments whose validity and
reliability have been established
for use with members of the
population tested. When such
validity or reliability has not been
established,
psychologists describe the
strengths and limitations of test
results and interpretation.

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Use of
Assessments
• Psychologists use
assessment methods that
are appropriate to an
individual’s language
preference and
competence, unless the
use of an alternative
language is relevant to the
assessment issues.
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Informed Consent in Assessments (9.03)
Informed Consent in Assessments

Psychologists develop informed consent in

assessment except of these three
conditions:
• Testing is mandated by law or
governmental regulations.
• Testing as a routine educational,
institutional and organizational activity.
• Testing for the evaluation of decisional
capacity.
Informed Consent in Assessments

• Informed consent includes an

explanation of the nature and purpose
of the assessment, fees, involvement of
third parties, and limits of
confidentiality.
• Psychologists use understandable
language to provide the information of
consent to a person which is being
assessed.
Informed Consent in Assessments

• Psychologist uses the services

of interpreter to develop
informed consent to make sure
the confidentiality of test results
& security and to include in
their recommendations, reports
and diagnostic statements,
including forensic testimony.
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Release of Test Data (9.04)
 Referring to raw and scaled data.

It includes responses from the client/patient.

Release of
Test Data
Psychologist provide or don't provide test data.

During absence of a client data is provided as

by law or court order.
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Test Construction (9.05)
Test Construction

Psychologists who develop tests and other That knowledge is used for test design , validation
assessment techniques use appropriate psychometric and recommendations for use.
procedures and current scientific knowledge.
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Interpreting Assessment Results (9.06)
 When interpreting assessment results,
psychologists consider the purpose of
the assessment.

Interpreting
Assessment They also investigate various test
factors, test-taking abilities, and other
Results characteristics of the person.

It helps in notifying psychologists'

judgments or reduce the accuracy of
their interpretations.
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Assessment by Unqualified Persons (9.07)

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 Psychologists don’t promote
psychological assessment
by unqualified persons.
Assessment by
Unqualified
Persons Except when it is used to conduct
for training purpose.
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Obsolete Tests and Outdated Test Results (9.08)
 Obsolete Tests and Outdated Test Results

They don’t base assessment or recommendation on data or test results that are
outdated.

Psychologists don’t base decisions on tests that are not useful for current
purpose.
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Test Scoring and Interpretation

Services (9.09)

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Test Scoring and Interpretation Services

• Psychologists who offer assessment or

scoring services to other professionals
accurately describe the purpose, norms,
validity, reliability, and applications.
• Psychologists select scoring and
interpretation services based on evidence
of the validity of the program and
procedures.
• Psychologists retain responsibility for the
appropriate application, interpretation, and
use of assessment instruments.
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Explaining Assessment Results (9.10)
Explaining Assessment Results

Psychologists take steps

to ensure that explanation
of results are given to
individuals.
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Maintaining Test Security (9.11)
 Test materials refers to
instruments, protocols test
question etc.
Maintaining
Test
Security Psychologists make reasonable to
maintain security of test material
and other assessment techniques.