Dealing with clients' diversity in test situations: Client categorisations in psychologists' accounts of their practices

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Title
Dealing with clients' diversity in test situations: Client categorisations in psychologists' accounts of their practices
Journal
International Journal of Educational Research
Author(s)
Grossen M., Florez D., Lauvergeon S.
ISSN
0883-0355
Publication state
Published
Issued date
01/2014
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
63
Pages
15-25
Language
english
Abstract
Reducing a test administration to standardised procedures reflects the test designers' standpoint. However, from the practitioners' standpoint, each client is unique. How do psychologists deal with both standardised test administration and clients' diversity? To answer this question, we interviewed 17 psychologists working in three public services for children and adolescents about their assessment practices. We analysed the numerous "client categorisations" they produced in their accounts. We found that they had shared perceptions about their clients' diversity, and reported various non-standard practices that complemented standardised test administration, but also differed from them or were even forbidden. They seem to experience a dilemma between: (a) prescribed and situated practices; (b) scientific and situated reliability; (c) commutative and distributive justice. For practitioners, dealing with clients' diversity this is a practical problem, halfway between a problem-solving task and a moral dilemma.
Keywords
test use, situated cognition, socio-cultural psychology, reliability, trust
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