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Peer reviewedHenry, Bill; And Others – Child Study Journal, 1991
Two studies assessed the relation between anxiety and cognitive task performance in 11- to 13-year-old New Zealand children. Contrasting predictions were tested from a cognitive-attentional model and a risk-factor model. Results showed that only the predictions taken from the risk factor model were supported, and only for the girls. (SH)
Descriptors: Anxiety, Children, Cognitive Ability, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedHosseini, A. A. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1978
The validity of the Scholastic Aptitude Test of the National Organization for Education Evaluation of the Iranian Ministry of Sciences and Higher Education was examined in relation to the prediction of success of 406 college sophomores in Iran. (Author/JKS)
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Foreign Countries, Grade Prediction, High Schools
Butler, Susan R.; And Others – 1983
The purpose of the present longitudinal study was to determine how well a broad, comprehensive battery of tests administered in kindergarten predicts reading achievement in elementary school grades 1 through 6. The test variables were reduced to six predictive factors by factor analysis, and these, together with the variables, Child's Sex and…
Descriptors: Correlation, Elementary Education, Factor Analysis, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedSheppard, John L.; Sheppard, Marlene J. – Australian Journal of Education, 1983
The reliability and validity of the Spotlight for Literacy screening test was tested by administration to Australian first-graders. Prediction was best for low- and high-achievement groups. In general, girls scored higher than boys, groups differed according to socioeconomic status, and children from English-speaking homes scored higher than…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Grade 1, Literacy
van der Flier, Henk; Drenth, Pieter J. D. – 1977
The criterion-oriented problem of test bias and fairness in selection is compared to the construct-oriented problem of comparability of test scores in cross-cultural research. These problems are shown to have important similarities, and their studies may supplement each other. In a formulation of psychometric criteria for the comparability of test…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Comparative Testing, Criterion Referenced Tests, Cross Cultural Studies
