Assessment of Cognitive Skills in the USSR: Historical Trends and Current Developments
Soviet psychology and its view of cognition and assessment have been influenced by political and ideological currents. Assessment practices in the Soviet Union reveal three trends. The so-called pedology movement was replaced in the 1930s by an anti-testing policy, followed more recently by a reassessment of psychodiagnostic practices. Late 1970s and the beginning of 1980s reveal strong interests in psychodiagnosis, as indicated by symposia organized in 1975 and 1980.