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The International Test Commission (ITC) is an association of national psychological associations, test commissions, organizations and individuals, who promote “the proper development, evaluation and uses” of educational and psychological tests.〔''(ITC mission statement )''〕 The ITC is a non-profit organization, affiliated to the International Association of Applied Psychology (IAAP) and the International Union of Psychological Science (IUPsyS). ITC stimulates international cooperation on research projects relevant to a scientifically and ethically sound use of tests. ITC develops guidelines on the use of tests; holds a biennial international conference; publishes a peer-reviewed journal (International Journal of Testing) and a newsletter (Testing International). ==History of ITC== The founding of the ITC was due to the efforts of Jean Cardinet (Switzerland), who presented his concerns with the ethical use of psychological tests to the General Assembly of the Swiss Psychological Society in 1968.〔Oakland, T., Poortinga, Y. H., Schlegel, J., & Hambleton, R. K. (2001). International Test Commission: Its History, Current Status, and Future Directions. International Journal of Testing, 1, 3-32"〕 In 1971, the Swiss Professional Association of Applied Psychology published a set of regulations to promote the quality and prevent the abuse of tests. Cardinet initiated a project to create national Test Commissions in all countries using psychological tests.〔Commission Suisse des Tests. (1971). Règlement de la commission suisse des tests visant à promouvoir la qualité des tests psychologiques et à prévenir leur utilisation abusive (to the Swiss Test Commission to promote the quality and prevent the abuse of psychological tests ). Revue Suisse de Psychologie, 30, 340–349.〕 His idea was approved by the International Association of Applied Psychology (IAAP) in 1971; and by 1974, at least 15 national test commissions existed.〔Cardinet, J. (1975). International Test Commission: Application of the Liège recommendations for the period 1971–4. International Review of Applied Psychology, 2(1), 11–16〕 In 1975, an advisory Council of the emerging ITC met to draft a constitution and agree on first initiatives, including a public survey of test attitudes.〔Poortinga, Y. H., Coetsier, P., Meuris, G., Miller, K., Samsonowitz, V., Seisdedos, N., & Schlegel, J. (1982). A survey of attitudes toward tests among psychologists in six Western European countries. International Review of Applied Psychology, 31, 34-42.〕 The ITC was officially “born” in 1976, during the Congress of the International Union of Psychological Sciences (IUPsyS), where its constitution was provisionally approved.〔 The draft Constitution defined two membership categories:〔Cardinet, J. (1995). A prehistory of the International Test Commission. European Journal of Psychological Assessment, 11(2), 128–132.〕 (a) full members, consisting of national test commissions recognized by the psychological association in their respective country, and (b) affiliate members, who were either international associations with an interest in testing, or national associations from countries not full members of the ITC2. The membership structure was amended several times: first in 1998, when affiliate membership was opened to any organization interested in testing (including test publishers or universities, who had not been accepted previously), and then in 2000, when the individual membership category was created. Today, the ITC membership covers most of the European Countries and North America, as well as some countries in the Middle and Far East, South America and Africa1. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「International Test Commission」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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