This thorough analysis of multicultural assessment covers significant issues, including the major instruments and procedures, cognitive and educational assessment, and cross-cultural sensitivity and ethics. Offering the most current empirical research, theory, and specific recommendations, the volume includes case studies that illustrate culturally sensitive procedures and tables that highlight comparisons between particular measures, competencies, and assessment practices. Including updated articles from the original contributors as well as entirely new contributions, the revised version offers compelling ideas for conducting assessments with minority populations.

This thorough analysis of multicultural assessment covers significant issues, including the major instruments and procedures, cognitive and educational assessment, and cross-cultural sensitivity and ethics. Offering the most current empirical research, theory, and specific recommendations, the volume includes case studies that illustrate culturally sensitive procedures and tables that highlight comparisons between particular measures, competencies, and assessment practices. Including updated articles from the original contributors as well as entirely new contributions, the revised version offers compelling ideas for conducting assessments with minority populations.

Foreword to the First Edition (Eric F. Gardner).Preface.The Editors.The Contributors.PART ONE: GENERAL ASSESSMENT ISSUES.SECTION ONE: GENERAL MULTICULTURAL ASSESSMENT ISSUES.Issues in Culturally Appropriate Assessment (Amado M.Padilla).Ethics in Multicultural Assessment: A Model of ReasonedApplication (Charles R. Ridley, Carrie L. Hill, and Deborah L.Wiese).The Clinical Interview from a Multicultural Perspective (RubyTakushi and Jay M. Uomoto).Cultural Identity and Multicultural Assessment: Quantitative andQualitative Tools for the Clinician (Joseph G. Ponterotto, DeniseGretchen, and Rahul V. Chauhan).Clinical Diagnosis of Multicultural Populations in the UnitedStates (Richard H. Dana).SECTION TWO: DAILY LIVING ASSESSMENT.Assessment of Diverse Family Systems (Daniel T. Sciarra)Vocational Assessment with Culturally Diverse Populations (KathyA. Gainor).Assessing Quality of Life in the Context of Culture 191 (ShawnO. Utsey, Mark A. Bolden, Christa F. Brown, and Mark H. Chae).PART TWO: TESTING ISSUES.SECTION ONE: PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT.Narrative Assessments: TAT, CAT, and TEMAS (Giuseppe CostantinoRosemary Flanagan, and Robert G. Malgady).Multicultural Usage of the Rorschach (Barry A. Ritzler).Use of 16PF and CPI with U. S. Racial and Ethnic Minorities:Issues of Cultural Application and Validity (Kwong-Liem Karl Kwanand Felito Aldarondo).Multicultural Applications of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator(Mary H. McCaulley and Raymond A. Moody).Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory and Millon ClinicalMultiaxial Inventory (Gordon C. Nagayama Hall and Amber H.Phung).SECTION TWO: ASSESSMENT OF COGNITIVE ABILITIES.Ability Testing Across Cultures (Robert J. Sternberg and ElenaL. Grigorenko).Multicultural Issues and the Assessment of Aptitude (Lisa A.Suzuki, Ellen L. Short, Alex Pieterse, and John Kugler).Social and Emotional Assessment (Rita J. Casey).Assessing Intelligence in a Population That Speaks More Than TwoHundred Languages: A Nonverbal Solution (Bruce A. Bracken and R.Steve McCallum)Neuropsychological Assessment in a Multicultural Context (ArthurMacNeill Horton Jr., Christine H. Carrington, and OmethaLewis-Jack).Family-Oriented, Culturally Sensitive (FOCUS) Assessment ofYoung Children (Paul J. Meller, Phyllis S. Ohr, and Rebecca A.Marcus).Multiculturally Sensitive Assessment with Older Adults:Recommendations and Areas for Additional Study (Grace Wong andAmanda L. Baden).Multicultural Issues and Dynamic Assessment (Carol S. Lidz).Academic Achievement (Craig L. Frisby).Multicultural Assessment: Trends and Directions Revisited (LisaA. Suzuki, Joseph G. Ponterotto, and Paul J. Meller).Name Index.Subject Index.