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Hall, Janie L. – 1981
This study follows a 1980 moratorium on group mental ability testing called by the district's superintendent when questions relating to the informational value and cost-effectiveness of the Otis Lennon Mental Ability Test (OLMA) were raised by the Oklahoma City Public School District. Criticisms of intelligence tests and relevant issues are…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Cost Effectiveness, Elementary Secondary Education, Intelligence Tests
Peer reviewedCampbell, Chari A.; Ashmore, Robert J. – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 1995
Critiques the 1990 revision of the Slosson Intelligence Test. The SIT-R is an untimed, individually administered screening instrument that assesses the mental ability of children and adults. Many of the problems with the original version have been addressed in the revised version, but with varying success. (LKS)
Descriptors: Adults, Children, Cognitive Ability, Intelligence Tests


