Validity testing in neuropsychological assessment is a critical component that ensures the accuracy and interpretability of test outcomes. By examining both performance and response patterns, ...

Precision medicine has touched every aspect of healthcare today, and—as is evident from President Obama’s State of the Union speech for 2015—is front of mind with the federal government, which ...

In 2000, London opened its Millennium pedestrian bridge to the public in a widely celebrated event. The momentous occasion drew large numbers of people, eager to view and experience the bridge first ...

In my previous blog post, I noted that reliability and validity are two essential properties of psychological measurement. Measures of intelligence, personality, vocational interests, and so forth ...

WASHINGTON - Broader use of standardized psychological testing for applicants submitting disability claims to the U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA) should improve the accuracy and consistency ...

The first reason for caring about how sensitive our standardized tests are to instruction is moral. If the tests we use to judge the effects of instruction on student learning are not sensitive to ...

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The U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA) administers two disability programs: Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI), for disabled individuals and their dependent family members, who have ...