XI Conference – European Congress of Methodology

Discussion about Current Standards and Guidelines for Educational and Psychological Assessment

24 Jul 2025, 09:30

15m

Faculty of Social Sciences and Communication. (The Pyramid)/11 - Room (Faculty of Social Sciences and Communication. (The Pyramid))

Oral Presentation Symposium : "Standards and Guidelines for Educational and Psychological Assessment: Continuing the Conversation"

Speaker

Isabel Benítez Baena (University of Granada. Mind, Brain and Behavior Research Center (CIMCYC))

Description

The Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing have been published by the American Psychological Association, the American Educational Research Association, and the National Council on Education since the 1950s. They are currently under revision, and the forthcoming version, is expected to be published in 2026. In this presentation, a member of the Joint Committee revising the Standards will discuss the difficult questions and issues that are being considered for the revision. These issues include whether the five sources of validity evidence are sufficient and appropriate for guiding practitioners, the distinction and overlap between validity and fairness, the desire to make the Standards more authoritative, and the desire to make the Standards more understandable to lay audiences. The presenter will take questions from the audience to understand what other issues members of EAM think are important to consider in revising the Standards.