FOURTH REVIEW OF TESTS PUBLISHED IN SPAIN: FORM AND CONTENT

Abstract

Assessing the quality of tests and disseminating the results has been implemented in the international arena with the aim of improving testing and professional practice. Assessing tests provides users with an independent review, which follows clearly defined procedures and criteria. In Spain, the Spanish Association of Psychology (COP) leads the “test evaluation” project, which has recently completed its fourth edition. Basically, there are two primary assessment models; the Buros model and the European Federation of Psychologists’ Associations (EFPA) model, which has been adopted by the COP. The two models share the same objectives and content; excluding the evaluation format and the management system, they are similar in essence. In this paper, we present the results of the fourth edition of the Spanish test evaluation program following the general guidelines for assessing the quality of tests, and we explain the critical points affecting each phase of the process

Keywords

• Tests
• Tests use
• Assessing tests quality