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Unit 9 Paper
This assignment is a culmination of the previous assignments you have completed during this
course. In this assignment, you will synthesize your previous research as well as conduct
research on the final element in the Code, Element 9. Element 9 states that a test user,
"evaluate(s) the available evidence on the performance of test takers of diverse subgroups . . .
determine(s) to the extent feasible which performance differences may have been caused by
factors unrelated to the skills being assessed." Together, the previous course assignments and this
current one involving Element 9 will provide you with the data, research, and literature reviews
across all nine elements of the Code to assist your decision-making process about the appropriate
selection of a test.
For this final assignment:
Locate reviews or research related to how Element 9 applies to your selected test. If the research
or reviews do not address this element in any way, then you will need to cite the references your
reviewed and note that they were lacking in in addressing this element, drawing appropriate
conclusions for when a test is lacking such evidence.
Synthesize all of the data and information you gathered on your selected test throughout the
course and identify highlights, both positive and negative, both advantages and disadvantages,
according to all nine elements of the Code.
Evaluate your selected test based on these data and draw a conclusion about whether or not it is a
test that you would select, recommend, or even defend, if necessary in practice. Note: You
should not merely copy and paste your earlier assignments for the final paper. Instead you will
be synthesizing the research you completed for each element into a summary of that element that
you will offer in support of your final evaluation. (For example, note that the technical quality
element (that is, Element 5) will be only a synthesis and evaluation and not a repeat of the
annotated bibliography you completed in Unit 5.)
Identify the strengths or weaknesses for each element, and determine if the information about
that element supports (or opposes) the use of your selected test in the field and population to be
served.
Incorporate recommendations about ways to improve the selected test.
Review all of your evaluations for each element and recommended improvements to the test, and
write an overall evaluation and determination about the use of your selected test. Would you
recommend this test to a school district or business that you are employed as a consultant?
Would you be able to defend the use of this test in a court proceeding?
Organize your paper using the following headings:
Title page (required) (one page).
Abstract (required) (one page).

The Code of Fair Testing Practices in Education (a minimum of four pages). (For each element,
identify strengths and weaknesses, evaluate the selected test for the element, and make
recommendations, if any for improvement, citing appropriate standards of practice.)
Element 1. Purpose: Define the purpose for testing, the content, and skills tested (see Unit 2
assignment).
Element 2. Appropriateness: Evaluate appropriateness of test content, skills tested, and content
covered (see Unit 2 assignment).
Element 3. Materials: Evaluate materials for which clear, accurate, and complete information is
provided (see Unit 2 assignment).
Element 4. Training: Test users have appropriate knowledge, skills, and training (see Unit 2
assignment).
Element 5. Technical Quality:
Synthesis of evidence of reliability (see Unit 5 assignment).
Synthesis of evidence of validity (see Unit 5 assignment).
Element 6. Test Items and Format: Evaluate test items, test format, directions, manuals and
scores (see Unit 7 assignment).
Element 7. Test Procedures and Materials: Evaluate test procedures and materials to ensure that
potentially offensive content or language is avoided (see Unit 7 assignment).
Element 8. Modifications and Accommodations: Evaluate if tests provide appropriately modified
forms or procedures for test takers with disabilities (see Unit 7 assignment).
Element 9. Group Differences: Evaluate evidence on performance of test takers of diverse
subgroups.
Summary (two pages).
Overall recommendation to use the selected test in the field and with populations to be served.
If recommending the use of the selected test, identify the greatest strengths you discovered and
determined in its use. Additionally, identify any limitations or concerns that may still exist with
its use regardless of the recommendation. Are there still concerns for the test in certain
situations?
If not recommending the use of the selected test, identify the greatest weaknesses you discovered
and determined in its use. Additionally, identify any strengths that may still exist with its use
regardless of the opposition. Are there still uses for the test within set parameters?
References (required, use current APA format and style).
Submit your draft to Turnitin prior to uploading it to the assignment area.

Additional Requirements
Your paper should meet the following requirements:
References: A minimum of nine references. These may include journal articles, literature
reviews, Mental Measurements Yearbook (MMY) reviews, and publisher Web sites. At least five
of the nine references must be from professional journals. It is likely and appropriate that many
of these references and citations were included in one or more of your previous assignments.
Alternatively, you may want to supplement your paper with current, peer-viewed journal articles
you located after completing an earlier assignment. Those inclusions would also be acceptable.
Length of paper: At least six pages (not including title page, abstract, or references).
Reference
Joint Committee on Testing Practices. (2004). Code of fair testing practices in education.
Retrieved from http://www.apa.org/science/programs/testing/fair-testing.pdf

Book Information:
American Educational Research Association, American Psychological Association, & National
Council on Measurement in Education. (2014). Standards for educational and psychological
testing. Washington, DC: AERA. ISBN: 9780935302356.
Cohen, R. J. & Swerdlik, M. E. (2018). Psychological testing and assessment: An introduction to
tests and measurement (9th ed.). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill. ISBN: 9781259870507.