Overview of psychometric test practice products & assessment tools

AGCAS East Midlands Regional Training Event“Supporting Students' Test Practice Needs Through Online Psychometric Testing Delivery”

Tuesday 16th September, Loughborough University

Online Review – Exercise 1Assessing the master resources

1. In groups, decide which of the following major resources to review: A) PATG guide: Psychometric Assessment Tools for Students and

GraduatesB) Profiling for Success resource and guide to services: pfsforum.com

2. Spend 5 -10 minutes, individually, skimming through the resource keep in mind the questions you will look at as a group (see below)

You are reviewing the resource as a whole, not specific assessment tools

3. Spend the remainder of the twenty minutes putting your thoughts together as a group to the following questions

What do you think are the strengths of this resource?

What do you thinks are its weaknesses or limitations?

How might you use this resource in discussion with colleagues in your department to decide which assessments to select to support students' development?

Online Review – Exercise 2

Assessing individual resources

1. Go to: “Resources to be used in the afternoon online sessions” Use any of these links to spend 5 -10 minutes, individually, browsing to find specific assessment tools that look as if they could be useful to your clients

2. Decide, in your group which assessment tools you want to look at furtherPick one or two different ones each – you can either choose tools you are already familiar with or new ones that look interesting to you

3. Individually, spend a few minutes looking in more detail at the tools you have agreed to review. Put your thoughts together about each tool:

What do you think are the strengths of this tool?

What do you thinks are its weaknesses or limitations?

How might you use this tool with specific groups of students‘ to support their individual development?