CHED Course Specification on Psychological Assessment

Commission on Higher Education (CHED) Course Specification on Psychological Assessment
Refer to CHED Memorandum Order 38 Series of 2010 -
http://www.ched.gov.ph/chedwww/index.php/eng/content/download/1744/9056/file/CMO_38_s2010.pdf

Course Description

Orientation into the rudiments of psychological testing. The principles, methods and uses of

psychological testing are tackled. Emphasis is placed on issues of item analysis, reliability, and 

validity in test construction. The administration, scoring, and interpretation of objective, cognitive,

and affective tests used in various applied fields of psychology, particularly the educational,

industrial, and government settings are covered. Ethical considerations as well as current trends and issues in psychological testing in the Philippines settings are discussed.

For those reviewing and planning to take the Psychometrician Licensure Exam the following course content should be covered as per CHED Memo Order 38 Series of 2010:

1) Statistical Foundations - Reliability, Validity

2) Test Construction - Item analysis, Norms                                                                     

3) Administration, scoring, and interpretation - Intelligence tests, aptitude tests, objective personality tests

4) Applications of psychological testing - educational setting, industrial setting, government setting

5) Ethics of psychological testing

The link below is a reference/textbook material I am using. What are your reference materials/texbooks?

http://psychometricpinas.blogspot.com/2013/08/psychological-testing-textbooks.html

Policies and Standards for Undergraduate Programs in Psychology

Commission on Higher Education
CHED MEMORANDUM ORDER (CMO)
No. 38
Series of 2010

Subject: Policies and Standards for Undergraduate Programs in Psychology

In accordance with the pertinent provision of RA 7722, otherwise known as the "Higher Education Act of 1994," and by virtue of the Commission en banc Resolution No. 289-2010 dated November 12, 2010 and for the purpose of making relevant the general principles and guidelines for the establishment and operation of undergraduate psychology programs in all Higher Education institutions (HEIs) in the country, this set of Policies and Standards (PS) is hereby adopted and promulgated by this Commission.