Multicultural Assessment

LISA A. SUZUKI is assistant professor of counseling psychology, New York University. She is the co-editor of the Handbook of Multicultural Counseling (1995) and co-author of numerous chapters and encyclopedia entries focusing on multicultural assessment and intelligence testing. PAUL J. MELLER is assistant professor in the combined Clinical and School Psychology Program at Hofstra University. He has authored numerous papers in the area of prevention and social competence as well as authentic assessment, social validity of interventions, and cross-cultural consultation. JOSEPH G. PONTEROTTO is professor in the Counseling Psychology Program at Fordham University-Lincoln Center Campus, New York City. He is the coauthor or coeditor of Handbook of Multicultural Counseling with J.M. Casas, L.A. Suzuki, and C.M. Alexander (1995), Preventing Prejudice: A Guide for Counselors and Educators with P.B. Pedersen (1993), Handbook of Racial/Ethnic Minority Counseling Research with J. M. Casas (1991)

Foreword Part I. General Issues in Multicultural Assessment 1. Cross-Cultural Sensitivity in Assessment: Using Tests in Culturally Appropriate Ways(Amado M. Padilla, Antonia Medina) 2. Ethical Issues in Multicultural Assessment(Merle A. Keitel, Mary Kopala, Warren Stanley Adamson) Part II. Social and Emotional Assessment 3. Persistent Issues in Multicultural Assessment of Social and Emotional Functioning(Kevin L. Moreland ) 4. Multicultural Usage of the MMPI-2( Christine Zalewski, Roger L. Greene) 5. Projective Methods for Multicultural Personality Assessment: Rorschach, TEMAS, and the Early Memories Procedure(Barry A. Ritzler) Part III: Cognition and Educational Assessment Invited Commentary: A Historical Perspective of Cognitive and Educational Assessment( Richard J. Rankin ) 6. Intellectual Assessment Across Cultures(Lisa A. Suzuki, Damian A. Vraniak, John F. Kugler) 7. The Use of Curriculum-Based Measurement with Diverse Learners( Mark R. Shinn, Scott K. Baker) 8. Nonverbal Assessment: Multicultural Perspectives(Abigail M. Harris, Marilyn A. Reynolds, Henry M. Koegel ) 9. Achievement Testing with Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students(Kenneth W. Howell, Robert Rueda) 10. Multiculturalism and Neuropsychological Assessment(Carol A. Friedman, Robert J. Clayton ) 11. Multicultural Implications of Performance-Based Assessment(Anthony A. Cancelli, Sabrina T. Arena) Part IV: Emerging Issues in Assessment 12. Language Assessment: Multicultural Considerations( Edward A. Yansen, Ellen L. Shulman) 13. Assessing Diverse Family Systems( Jane Close Conoley, Lorrie E. Bryant) 14. Qualitative Assessment and Multicultural Issues(Leo Goldman) 15. Multicultural Assessment of Alcohol and Other Drug Use(Mitchell L. Schare, Norweeta G. Milburn) 16. Vocational Assessment Across Cultures(S. Alvin Leung) 17. The Assessment of Culturally Diverse Infants and Preschool Children(Paul J. Meller, Phyllis S. Ohr) 18. High-Stakes Testing and Its Impact on Racial and Ethnic Minority Students( Richard R. Valencia, Irma Guadarrama ) 19. Racial and Ethnic Identity Assessment(Eric L. Kohatsu, Tina Q. Richardson) 20. Assessing the Multicultural Competence of Counselors and Clinicians(Joseph G. Ponterotto, Charlene M. Alexander ) 21. Multicultural Assessment: Present TrAnds and Future Directions(Lisa A. Suzuki, Paul J. Meller, Joseph G. Ponterotto).