Editing Psychological testing (section)

==Test security==
Many psychological and psychoeducational tests are not available to the public. Test publishers put restrictions on who has access to the test. Psychology licensing boards also restrict access to the tests used in licensing psychologists.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.apa.org/science/securetests.html |publisher=American Psychological Association |year=1994 |quote=It should be recognized that certain tests used by psychologists and related professionals may suffer irreparable harm to their validity if their items, scoring keys or protocols, and other materials are publicly disclosed. |title=Statement on the Use of Secure Psychological Tests in the Education of Graduate and Undergraduate Psychology Students |author=The Committee on Psychological Tests and Assessment (CPTA), American Psychological Association |access-date=2009-11-08 |archive-date=2009-12-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091211082803/http://www.apa.org/science/securetests.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |title=Test Security in Medicolegal Cases: Proposed Guidelines for Attorneys Utilizing Neuropsychology Practice |author=Kenneth R. Morel |volume=24 |date=2009-09-24 |pages=635–646 |journal=Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology |doi=10.1093/arclin/acp062 |pmid=19778915 |issue=7|doi-access=free }}</ref> Test publishers hold that both copyright and professional ethics require them to protect the tests. Publishers sell tests only to people who have proved their educational and professional qualifications. Purchasers are legally bound not to give test answers or the tests themselves to members of the public unless permitted by the publisher.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://psychcorp.pearsonassessments.com/hai/Templates/Generic/NoBoxTemplate.aspx?NRMODE=Published&NRNODEGUID=%7b94E55B33-4F2E-4ABC-A2E0-9842926A478F%7d&NRORIGINALURL=%2fpai%2fca%2flegal%2flegal%2ehtm&NRCACHEHINT=NoModifyGuest#release |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715062633/https://psychcorp.pearsonassessments.com/hai/Templates/Generic/NoBoxTemplate.aspx?NRMODE=Published&NRNODEGUID=%7b94E55B33-4F2E-4ABC-A2E0-9842926A478F%7d&NRORIGINALURL=%2fpai%2fca%2flegal%2flegal.htm&NRCACHEHINT=NoModifyGuest#release |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-07-15 |access-date=2009-11-15 |publisher=Psychological Corporation |author=Pearson Assessments |title=Legal Policies |year=2009 }}</ref>

The [[International Test Commission]] (ITC), an international association of national psychological societies and test publishers, publishes the ''International Guidelines for Test Use'', which prescribes measures to take to "protect the integrity" of the tests by not publicly describing test techniques and by not "coaching individuals" so that they "might unfairly influence their test performance."<ref>International Test Commission (2000) [https://web.archive.org/web/20090718001741/http://www.intestcom.org/Guidelines/Test+Use.php ''International Guidelines for Test Use'']</ref>