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Committee on Psychological Tests and Assessment: 2020 Annual Report

Committee Members

Chair: Terence Tracey, PhD, chair

  • Deborah Bandalos, PhD,
  • Mariana Cherner, PhD
  • Lois Condi, PhD
  • Eric Y. Drogin, PhD
  • Scott Lee Graves, PhD
  • Dan Putka, PhD
  • Stephen Sireci, PhD
  • Sang Eun Woo, PhD

Staff Liaison: Marianne Ernesto

APA guideline and policy statement development

Members of CPTA continued to:

  • Monitor activities related to organizationally sponsored outreach and educational efforts involving the 2014 edition of the Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing.
  • Participate in a joint task force with representative of the Practice community to revise the Guidelines for Test User Qualifications.
  • Participate in the development and revision of policy initiatives related to observers in the testing situation.
  • Provided support for APA’s Educational Advocacy efforts.
  • Monitor relevant activities involving the continued implementation of various state supported educational standards.

These activities support the following APA strategic goals:

  • Utilize psychology to make a positive impact on critical societal issues.
  • Prepare the discipline and profession of psychology for the future.
  • Elevate the public’s understanding of, regard for, and use of psychology.
  • Strengthen APA’s standing as an authoritative voice for psychology

Participation in standards-setting activities

Members of CPTA continued to monitor and participate in the standard-setting activities of the Association of Test Publishers (ATP), the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), (an international standards organization whose members include various countries from around the world), and the International Test Commission (ITC) of which APA is an organizational member.

These activities support the following APA strategic goals:

  • Utilize psychology to make a positive impact on critical societal issues.
  • Prepare the discipline and profession of psychology for the future.
  • Elevate the public’s understanding of, regard for, and use of psychology.
  • Strengthen APA’s standing as an authoritative voice for psychology

Educational/informational initiatives

In 2020, members of CPTA began development of the following projects scheduled for implementation in 2021:

  • A symposium for the 2021 APA convention highlighting the issues of fairness in testing for school admissions.
  • A six-part video series on issues related to the application of technology to testing and assessment.

Members of the Committee also continued their participation with staff of the APA Department of Communications to develop content related to testing and assessment for publication on various APA sponsored media outlets/platforms.

These activities support the following APA strategic goals:

  • Utilize psychology to make a positive impact on critical societal issues.
  • Elevate the public’s understanding of, regard for, and use of psychology.
  • Strengthen APA’s standing as an authoritative voice for psychology

Continued Collaborations

As a member group, CPTA continued participation in the activities of:

  • The Coalition for Psychology in Schools and Education (CPSE)
  • The Joint Committee on Standards for Educational Evaluation (JCSEE), which continued the revision of two JCSEE publications, the Personnel Evaluation Standards (in Education) and the Program Evaluation Standards.

These activities support the following APA strategic goals:

  • Utilize psychology to make a positive impact on critical societal issues.
  • Prepare the discipline and profession of psychology for the future.
  • Elevate the public’s understanding of, regard for, and use of psychology.
  • Strengthen APA’s standing as an authoritative voice for psychology
Date created: February 2021

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