Adapting Educational and Psychological Tests for Cross-Cultural Assessment

Table of contents

• Adapting Educational and Psychological Tests for Cross-Cultural Assessment *
• Title Page *
• Contents v
• Preface vii
• I - Cross-Cultural Adaptation of Educational and Psychological Tests: Chological and Methodological Issues 1
• 1 - Issues, Designs, and Technical Guidelines for Adapting Tests into Multiple Languages and Cultures 3
• References *
• 2 - Conceptual and Methodological Issues in Adapting Tests 39
• References *
• 3 - Selected Ethical Issues Relevant to Test Adaptations 65
• References *
• 4 - Statistical Methods for Identifying Flaws in the Test Adaptation Process 93
• References *
• 5 - Using Bilinguals to Evaluate the Comparability of Different Language Versions of a Test 117
• References *
• 6 - Establishing Score Comparability for Tests Given in Different Languages 139
• References *
• 7 - Adapting Achievement and Aptitude Tests: a Review of Methodological Issues 171
• References *
• II - Cross-Cultural Adaptation of Adaptation and Psychological Tests: Applications to Achievement, Aptitude, and Personality Tests 193
• 8 - Test Adaptation in a Large-Scale Certification Program 195
• References *
• 9 - Conversion of the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale into Spanish: an Early Test Adaptation Effort of Considerable Consequence 213
• References *
• 10 - Developing Tests for Use in Multiple Languages and Cultures: a Plea for Simultaneous Development 235
• References *
• Appendix *
• 11 - The Psychometrics of Adaptation: Evaluating Measurement Equivalence Across Languages and Cultures 265
• References *
• 12 - Constructing, Adapting, and Validating Admissions Tests in Multiple Languages: the Israeli Case 297
• References 318
• 13 - Cross-Cultural Adaptation of Educational and Psychological Testing 321
• References *
• 14 - Cross-Cultural Assessment of Emotional States and Personality Traits 343
• References *
• Author Index 369
• Subject Index 377

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