Discusses the role of examinations in science education and questions the nature of many of the assumptions that underlie examination reform in Britain. (JR)

Scores on the Coopersmith Self-Esteem Inventory of 44 behaviorally disturbed boys ranging in age from 8 to 12 years were compared with the test's norms, with later retest scores, with teacher assigned self esteem ranks, and with peer group status as measured by sociometric procedures. (DB)

The Psychological Growth Index, a true-false questionnaire of 140 items, has been administered to 7,500 individuals in the 14 to 22 age group to distinguish psychologically mature adolescents from less-fully mature peers. Author claims after careful statistical scrutiny instrument remains clinically valid. (DS)

Findings suggested a reliability problem and raised a question of validity with the use of total response frequencies based on relatively unlimited free responses to the SCST-Form A. (Author)

Within the limitations of the present study, evidence is presented that the use of three-choice items improves the power and discrimination of tests. (PR)

The purpose of this paper was to provide an empirical test of the hypothesis that elimination scores are more reliable and valid than classical corrected-for-guessing scores or weighted-choice scores. The evidence presented supports the hypothesized superiority of elimination scoring. (Author)

The author concludes that one strategy for improving or changing the educational system would be to change the content of the tests as a way of bringing about educational reforms in the system. This effort might bring about a greater similarity between the predictor (tests) and the criterion (scholastic achievement). (Author)