A number of working groups were formed as part of the 2008 ATP Test Security Summit. The IP Theft Collaborative Working Group has recently published its work product. If you don't have a password to access the wiki, there is information on the page on how to obtain one. Also, information on the 2009 Security Summit can be found on the ATP Conference website.
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ATP Intellectual Property Theft Collaborative Working Group
Journal of Applied Testing Technology
The Association of Test Publishers publishes a peer-reviewed online journal, Journal of Applied Testing Technology edited by Chad W. Buckendahl and William G. Harris. The most recent article is a piece by Nathan Thompson, entitled "A Proposed Framework for Test Administration Methods." The article compares and contrasts a number of test administration methodologies including CBT, CAT, CCT, and LOFT.
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I-O Division Elections
Congratulations to Julie Carswell who has been elected Secretary of the I-O Division for 2009! She will join the 2009 I-O Division leadership team of Ryan Ross (Chair) and John Weiner (Vice Chair). Julie's contributions to the blog over the past year are much appreciated, and her continued involvement with be a boon to the Division and ATP.
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Interesting Article on APA's Position on Torture
In September 2008, the American Psychological Association banned its members from participating in interrogations that use torture. (This contrasts with other organizations like American Medical Association and the American Psychiatric Association which have had such bans in place since 2006.) In an interesting article, Stanley Fish outlines some of the factors that he believes account for this differential response. One factor that he sees as being primary is the fact that in contrast to organizations that are comprised exclusively of health care providers, psychologists may work in roles that extend beyond the concept of "healer."
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Some "Must Read" Articles
The September 2008 edition of Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Perspectives on Science and Practice (table of contents) has two series of articles that are likely of great relevance to anyone interested in personnel selection. The first set of articles focuses what the authors see as some of the key questions facing personality researchers working on practice-related issues. The second looks at some of the factors which contribute to the resistance of hiring mangers to use empirically supported selection methods in favor of other methods, primarily unstructured interviews, which tend to have very limited predictive validity.
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ATP Conference Registration Now Open
Registration for 2009 ATP Conference is now open. Innovations in Testing 2009 will be held February 22-25 2009 in Palm Springs, CA. See the Conference website for full information.
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Call for Papers: 11th European Congress of Psychology
The European Congress of Psychology (ECP2009) to be held in Oslo 7-10 July 2009 will have a special track on developments in testing and test use. Chaired by Dave Bartram, this track will be organized in close cooperation with the ITC and with the EFPA Standing Committee on Tests and Testing. The track will consist of keynote addresses, state of the art lectures, symposia and a number of parallel paper and poster sessions which will run throughout the Congress. If interested, please send an e-mail here.
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