The Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing is a document that articulates a set of professional standards for the development and use of educational and psychological tests. These guidelines are intended to inform all aspects of testing and to provide a basis for evaluating the quality of tests. The Standards covers a wide range of issues related to all aspects of the testing process, including foundational concepts such as validity and fairness, details of test development and implementation, and applications in specific areas such as employment credentialing and educational accountability.

The Standards is a joint publication of the American Educational Research Association, the American Psychological Association, and the National Council on Measurement in Education and has been approved or endorsed by each of these organizations. The ...