Who's Watching the Watcher of Watchers?

Reviews the book, The Brain Watchers by Martin L. Gross (1962). This is a book about tests, testing and testers. In content and organization it is more of a mishmash than a potpourri. It certainly is neither a systematic treatise, text book, nor research work on the subject. This book places in public purview some truly serious issues with regaid to tests, ones which psychologists have been grappling with for a long time. It is certainly likely to raise questions about the utility and value of tests. Some people may without further evidence discontinue testing More sophisticated readers are likely to discern an axe-grinding in the diatribe. Perhaps in the long run the very attention focused on testing may be beneficial. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)