Covert assessment in psychoeducational testing

✍ Scribed by Nicholas C. Aliotti

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1977
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 493 KB
• Volume: 14
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0033-3085
• DOI: 10.1002/1520-6807(197710)14:4<438::aid-pits2310140413>3.0.co;2-l

✦ Synopsis

Covert assessment strategies not usually reported in psychological testing are described and their implications for educational diagnosticians, school psychologists, and clinical psychologists are discussed. Covert assessment is a procedure which does not violate standardized testing procedures, but rather complements and enhances the assessment process. Covert assessment strategies described include complementary testing, limit testing, " funnelling in," cross-analysis and consistent patterning, and diagnostic-prescriptive teaching. The rat,ionale and educational implicat.ions of these st.rategies are discussed.