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Contributions of the EFPA Standing Committee on Tests and Testing to Standards and Good Practice

Published Online:May 06, 2011https://doi.org/10.1027/1016-9040/a000093

Abstract

The EFPA Standing Committee on Tests and Testing (SCTT) has been active in the development of standards relating to tests and test use in Europe for more than a decade. This paper summarizes the work of the SCTT with a particular focus on the development of its Test Review Model and its standards for test use. The latter are now being developed as the basis for a special post-EuroPsy qualification. The SCTT members have also been involved in the developments of the ISO 10667 and through this we have seen how members of the profession can have a major influence on standards that are designed for the wider community of assessors and test users rather than just focused on the needs of psychologists. EFPA needs to take an outward-looking approach if it is to cover all the ways in which psychology has an influence on society.

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