International Test Commission
| International Test Commission (ITC) |
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| purpose | International Scientific Society for Psychological Diagnostics |
| Chair: | Dragos Iliescu (Bucharest, Romania) |
| Executive Director: | Aletta Odendaal (Secretary) |
| Establishment date: | 1976 |
| Number of members: | 3 membership categories |
| Website: | intest.com |
The International Test Commission , abbreviation ITC , is an international association of national psychological societies and test commissions, test publishers and other organizations and persons with the aim of quality assurance in the field of psychological diagnostics . It was officially founded in 1976.
The subject of the work is quality assurance in the development, application and evaluation of psychodiagnostic instruments (also in the field of education). Regular conferences and a newsletter serve the exchange of information, tests and related computer use. Quality guidelines for tests have been drawn up that have been recognized as binding by many national professional societies.
A national psychological specialist organization per country can become a member as a “full member”, which then represents the specialist interests for this country. In addition, "Affiliate Members" (publishers, test organizations) and "Individual Members" (individuals) are represented.
The ITC publishes the International Journal of Testing (IJT) with four issues per year, which covers topics from research, theory and practice of psychological diagnostics. It is peer-reviewed .
In addition, "Testing International" is published every six months, the newsletter (national and international projects, new test developments, recently published books and articles, upcoming conferences and workshops and other topics from the organizations).
As a rule, three-day international ITC conferences take place every 2 years, each devoted to important key topics in psychodiagnostics, but with a broad program.
The ITC develops guidelines for quality assurance that are recognized worldwide in the subject:
- The ITC Guidelines on Adapting Tests ( adaptation , e.g. into other languages)
- The ITC Guidelines on Test Use (application standards for tests)
- The ITC Guidelines on Computer-Based and Internet-delivered Testing (special guidelines for IT-based diagnostics)
- The ITC Guidelines on Quality Control in Scoring, Test Analysis and Reporting of Test Score s (quality control for evaluation, test analysis and report of results)
- The ITC Guidelines on the Security of Tests, Examinations, and Other Assessments (" Test Protection")
- The ITC Guidelines on Practitioner Use of Test Revisions, Obsolete Tests, and Test Disposal (handling test revisions , obsolete tests and test disposal)
history
The foundation goes back to the initiative of the Swiss professor Jean Cardinet, who presented a concept for the ethical application of tests at the general assembly of the Swiss Society for Psychology in 1968.
In 1971 the Swiss Professional Association for Applied Psychology developed rules for quality assurance and against test abuse. Cardinet suggested that national test commissions be set up in all countries that use tests.
The International Association of Applied Psychology (IAAP) approved his concept in 1971. In 1974, there were 15 national test commissions.
In 1975 a working group of the future ITC met to draw up a statute and start initial initiatives (including an overview of tests and their characteristics).
The ITC was then formally established in 1976 during the World Congress of the International Union of Psychological Science (IUPsyS), where the statute was provisionally adopted.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Johannesburg, South Africa ( Memento of the original from January 13, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ A b c T. Oakland, YH Poortinga, J. Schlegel, RK Hambleton: International Test Commission: Its History, Current Status, and Future Directions. In: International Journal of Testing. 1, 2001, pp. 3-32.
- ^ The International Journal of Testing at intestcom.org
- ↑ Testing International Newsletter on intestcom.org
- ↑ conferences of the ITC on intestcom.org
- ↑ Guidelines of the ITC
- ^ Commission Suisse des Tests: Règlement de la commission suisse des tests visant à promouvoir la qualité des tests psychologiques et à prévenir leur utilization abusive [Changes to the Swiss Test Commission to promote the quality and prevent the abuse of psychological tests]. In: Revue Suisse de Psychologie ,. 30, 1971, pp. 340-349.
- ↑ J. Cardinet: International Test Commission: Application of the Liège recommendations for the period 1971–4. In: International Review of Applied Psychology. 2 (1), 1975, pp. 11-16.
- ↑ YH Poortinga, P. Coetsier, G. Meuris, K. Miller, V. Samsonowitz, N. Seisdedos, J. Schlegel: A survey of attitudes toward tests among psychologists in six Western European countries. In: International Review of Applied Psychology ,. 31, 1982, pp. 34-42.
