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What's New in 2002?
2002, MINNEAPOLIS—Since Pearson Assessments, formerly NCS Assessments, opened its doors 40 years ago, the speed of change has rapidly accelerated—and we’ve seen the dramatic difference it has made in the way psychologists run their practices.
From courtrooms to classrooms, from prisons to public safety settings, we remain committed to providing psychologists with assessments and resources that are on pace with their needs.
Read on to find out more about what’s new in 2002:
- Designed by noted MMPI-2 expert, James N. Butcher, PhD to help identify individuals who may be emotionally unsuited for high-risk, high-stress positions, such as law enforcement, security, and nuclear facility personnel.
- Two reports are available. The comprehensive Interpretive Report is tailored to each occupation and includes the following sections: Profile Validity, Personal Adjustment, Interpersonal Relations, Profile Frequency, Contemporary Personnel Base Rate Information, Profile Stability, and Possible Employment Problems. The Adjustment Rating Report graphically represents ratings for five work-related dimensions in a one-page summary format: Openness to Evaluation, Social Facility, Addiction Potential, Stress Tolerance, and Overall Adjustment.
- New occupation-specific mean profiles help compare applicants to other applicants, based on data from more than 18,000 personnel cases.
- Contemporary personnel base rate information complements the new mean profiles by providing profile frequency data for public safety occupations and general personnel applicants. This new narrative section is only available in the Interpretive Report.
- The newly-updated User’s Guide addresses key issues about using the MMPI-2 test for personnel selection, such as how to choose the appropriate test and how to administer the test effectively, along with detailed information on the development of the mean profiles.
Also see our MMPI-2 Revised Personnel System, Third Edition web page.
- A short self-report screener designed specifically to help medical practitioners make the mind/body connection between a patient’s physical symptoms and psychosocial factors.
- Measures level of pain, function, depression, anxiety, somatic complaints, and defensiveness.
- Available for test administration using a hand-held electronic device, paper-and-pencil or computer methods.
- Report compares patient’s raw and t-scores to both medical and community samples and offers likely explanations for the highest and lowest scores.
- Report also offers general suggestions for treatment strategies and a one-page patient summary, written in layperson’s language, to help the practitioner present data to patient.
Also see our BBHI-2 web page.
Coming in 2003
- A new, flexible series of achievement tests being developed for NCS Pearson by Achilles Bardos, PhD.
- Measures academic achievement in six areas: Vocabulary, Reading Comprehension, Math Computation, Math Application, Spelling, and Language Mechanics
- Both comprehensive and screener versions will be available
- Standard scores based on 2000 U.S. Census data; grade equivalency scores; and scores by learning objective
- Written for four grade levels: grades 3–4, grades 5–6, grades 7–8, grades 9–12 (comprehensive version). A version for use with adults in the workplace will also be available.
- Screener tests of Math and Verbal skills will be available with standard scores based on 2000 U.S. Census data; grade equivalency scores; or setting-specific norms for law enforcement candidates
Contact Information
For more information or to place an order, please call a Client Relations representative at Pearson Assessments at (800) 627-7271, extension 3225.
About Pearson's Assessment group
Pearson's Assessment group has been a premier provider of psychological assessments and scoring solutions for more than 40 years. Pearson provides instruments for professionals in clinical, public safety, corrections, medical, forensic, adolescent, education, and career settings. For more information, please call 800-627-7271 or visit the Pearson's Assessments group web site at www.pearsonassessments.com.
Pearson's Assessment group is a business of Pearson Education, the world’s largest integrated education company, which in turn is part of Pearson plc, the international media company.
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