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Describe a variety of assessment tools including interest, ability/intellectual level, achievement level, and personality type assessments. At least 4 assessment tools must be chosen for each category in the previous sentence. Include a short description of each tool.

Personality type assessments- are tools used to determine the characteristics of a person, one of the tools is the aptitude test that measures how efficiently one can perform in their particular area (Hensen, 2004).

The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MMTIC) assessment can assist children to comprehend themselves better, and give parents and teachers better ways and methods to reach children with different learning styles.

Insight Inventory is another tool that can evaluate personality; it provides a common sense format of balanced view of behavior. Self-scored within minutes, Participants adopt important behavior skills, including how to adjust their style to manage conflict, and improve on team work (Hensen, 2004).

Human metrics Jung Typology Test- uses methods, questionnaires, scores and software appropriate to Human metrics. This is based on Carl Jung’s and Isabel Briggs Myers’ typological research on personality coupled with strengths of preferences and the description of one’s personality.

The Personality Questionnaire for Kids- helps to evaluate how a child views the world. This can be used to determine how they will respond to external stimuli and change in environment for instance change in school (Aiken, 2002).

Interest can be assessed by

The 16PF interest test- measures the interest of an individual based on self reporting, it is usually conducted without the knowledge of the person so as to be able to tell their exact interest without pretext

Smart interest test- this measures how far one is will to allow changes and how well they can adapt to these changes simply because they fall within their interest brackets.

CAT tests are administered to determine the maximum performance and interest of an individual and assess whether they are currently living them in their lives.

Vocational interest measures the development of interest, how long it takes for an individual to develop interest in something that is meant to be for their benefit.

Tools for assessing intellectual level are;

The Reynolds Intellectual Assessment Scales- is administered individually and is based on the measure of intelligence based on the memory. It is suitable for individuals between ages of 3-90 years and includes both verbal and non verbal interpretations of answers. Different have different questions (Aiken, 2002).

Formative assessments- It is also referred to as diagnostics testing. It is mostly used in the education system by teachers to evaluate the improvement on students. It is based on qualitative feedback and is often conducted periodically in an effort to make proper comparisons (Hensen, 2004).

The Stanford-Binet-5- it is used to measure intelligence. It focuses on the areas of verbal reasoning, quantitative reasoning, abstract/visual reasoning, and short term memory. It is used to determine how well and clear memory can be and is most appropriate for people aged between 6-70 years.

Wechsler tests- it is an adult and children intelligent scale that focuses on individual ability to adopt to changes in the environment and at the same time to look for solutions to problems.

Achievement can be assessed by

Broad- spectrum tests can be used to measure achievement and include Woodcock-Johnson Achievement Tests; – It measures fundamental skills, ease in a subject and capability to use skills. For instance reading, tests will measure ability to decode words, knowledge of phonics, ease in reading fast and accuracy in understanding.

Wide Range Achievement- it measure how well an individual is able to read statements, understand phrases and calculate mathematics with ease. It allows for testing within a short period of time and has no effects on the individual being tested. It is appropriate for individuals between the ages of 5-94 years.

Product -Gray reading tests- it is based on oral reading and shows the development and improvements that take place in children as they become more and more efficient in their reading. Achievement testing shows a child’s levels of academic performance compared to a standard peer group (Aiken, 2002). Children can be compared to age or grade peers or to children of lower or higher ages

Test of Reading Comprehension and Test of Written Language. It depends on the subject depth to be evaluated but mostly focuses on the ability to understand the written language and to translate it into the written words without assistance from any one. It is mostly conducted on children in order to determine the strides ad improvements that they are making (Hensen, 2004).

Criterion-referenced tests (CRT) – measures what the person is able to do and indicate what skills have been mastered. This is appropriate to work stations as it can be able to help to pick out the best individual suited for a promotion due to increase in competency.

Cognition Assessment

Cognitive assessment can be vital especially in detecting dementia in older adults and ADD in younger children

Mini Mental state Examination (MMSE), – this mostly evaluates the memory of a person and how well and clear it is. Especially in older adults when the memory is not good and they easily forget things it is usually a sign of clinical schizophrenia.

Attention analysis test – this analyzes how easy it is to capture and loose the attention of an individual. This is especially so in younger children whose attention is expected to be easily captured by new things and experiences. If these things do not capture the attention of a child they may be suffering from acute to severe case of retard.

The MGF planning test – this is a test that is used to determine if an individual can be able to plan something and execute the very way it was planned. In children it is determined by use of toys that are stacked up and crumbled and the child is asked to make it to appear the way it was before.

PEPP assessment – this deals with comprehension of language and how it is translated and put down on paper (Hensen, 2004). It measures the ability and capability of a person to understand his environment and come up with a structured way in which it operates and how it should operate.

References

Hensen Michel, (2004), Comprehensive Handbook of Psychological Assessment, Springer Publishers, Washington D.C

Aiken R. Lewis, (2002), personality Assessment: Methods and Practices, Prentice Hall Press, New Jersey.