52.032 - Ethical Dilemmas Related to Assessment, Testing, and Selection

Session Type: Invited Speaker Session

Abstract

The Symposium brings together four panelists from various backgrounds, to discuss unique dilemmas related to assessment, testing, and selection. The dilemmas may arise in fields including classroom testing, higher education admissions, and vocational assessment. Panelists will be presented with the “dilemmas” two weeks before the symposium and asked: What action did you finally decide to take in each situation and how did you come to your decision? Before answering, each panelist will first define the dilemma, and then express views of: What is the gray area in this situation? What values are at stake? What are the pros and cons of every possible decision that could be made in this situation? Who will be influenced by this decision?

Sub Unit

• Division D - Measurement and Research Methodologies / Division D - Measurement and Research Methodology

Participants

• Avi Allalouf, National Institute for Testing and Evaluation (NITE)

• Therese N. Hopfenbeck, University of Oxford

• Ida M. Lawrence, ETS

• Stephen G. Sireci, University of Massachusetts - Amherst

• Craig N. Mills, National Board of Medical Examiners