The Model for the Review, Description and Evaluation of Psychological and Educational Tests (Test Review Model) developed by the European Federation of Psychologists’ Associations AISBL (EFPA) provides a structure for descriptions and rigorous evaluations of psychological assessments, tests, scales, profiles, and questionnaires used in work and organisational, educational, clinical and health (including clinical neuropsychology), sports, forensic, counselling, coaching and other contexts. It is designed to be adapted to reflect different national arrangements for psychometric testing and to be applied by expert reviewers.
Review information presented in this structure will support developers, authors, suppliers, publishers, and trainers to improve tests and testing practice. It will also inform policy makers in defining and supporting standards and, in particular, in creating a test review programme. In turn this will help users make the right assessment choices by providing authoritative, unbiased and consistent reviews of tests.
EFPA is grateful to the Dutch Committee on Tests and Testing (COTAN) part of the Nederlands Instituut van Psychologen (The Netherlands), the Consejo General de la Psicología (Spain), and the British Psychological Society (United Kingdom), for permission to build on their criteria in developing the European model.