It is important for counselors to understand the problems involved in testing students and also how to properly evaluate test results. This article discusses both areas. (HMV)

Article focused on the demands presented by the multiply handicapped child and the educational policies that attempted to satisfy their needs. (RK)

In this article reading comprehension and science testing were discussed as a part of the IEA study in Scotland. (RK)

An experiment using business organization and management students was conducted to determine the effects of differences of frequency of testing on the performance of students enrolled under two different admission policies (75 percent or higher high school average and below 75 percent high school average) in an urban community college. (Author/AG)

Standardized science achievement tests for the elementary school are almost uniformly poor in quality; any quick-answer, paper-and-pencil science test that has consequences for the child or the school is likely to be irrelevant and perhaps harmful to those activities most likely to interest children in science. (Author/IRT)

Outlines a procedure to be followed whenever any communitywide, state, regional, or national test of either "achievement" or "ability" (including IQ) is to be given. (Author/IRT)

Article focused on the need for schools to teach students how to survive on a practical basis so that they can continue to satisfy the more elevated needs, such as security, love, self-esteem, and self-actualization. (Author/RK)

This paper reviews the successful development of an educational testing system using sophisticated data processing in a developing Caribbean nation. Begun in 1975, the 4-year program was devised to assist in the creation of a multi-national testing agency which would replace the existing British Overseas Examinations with an indigenous assessment…

This paper briefly discusses the use of item sampling for student evaluation in a summative evaluation context. Its proposition is that item sampling is a means of achieving better and broader student evaluation because it leaves room for individualized evaluation. Item sampling can be implemented properly by associating it to the concept of item…

The determination of when a child is ready to enter kindergarten or first grade varies from school district to school district. Currently, many school systems are reevaluating their criteria for school entry. In some school systems, chronological age appears to be the sole criterion; in others, social and learning readiness are also primary…

Three key areas are outlined dealing with the development of public understanding of testing: (1) Why tests are administered in schools: needs assessment, instructional program evaluation, materials selection, reporting to public, documenting individual growth, diagnostic analysis and planning, and instructional grouping. (2) Types of tests used,…

This is a progress report of the Demonstration of an Improved Science Curriculum for Underachieving Students (DISCUS) project for 1968-69. This project is based on the premise that if underachieving junior high school youth are separated from their more successful peers, placed in a success-oriented environment, and provided with a series of…