Publication Date
7-1974
Subjects
Intelligence tests, Assessment, Cognitive measurement
Abstract
At the present time we are all dissatisfied with intelligence testing. And we have been so, more or less, for the past twenty years. Tests have been criticized by researchers involved in experimental studies of intelligence, by administrators concerned with the applications of intelligence tests, and most importantly, by the users of these tests. So you may well ask 'Why haven't test constructors done -something about these criticisms?' And of course there is no really crushing retort to this. However the problem that has faced, and still faces, people trying to construct intelligence tests is the very diversity of the criticisms. This I think, part]y reflects the diverse usage that is made of such tests. For the present I would like to regard criticisms as being of two major types. One is the 'unfair' type of criticism, the other is the 'model' type of criticism.
Recommended Citation
Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER), "NSW Counsellor's bulletin /Australian Council for Educational Research, measurement unit No. 4" (1974).
https://research.acer.edu.au/acer_histdocs/13
Place of Publication
Hawthorn, Victoria
Publisher
Australian Council for Educational Research
Language
English, English