The handbook covers a comprehensive series of Job-Task Performance Tests for the Doppler Radar (AN/APN) and its Associated Computer (AN/ASN-35). The test series has been developed to measure job performance of the electronic technician. These tests encompass all phases of day-to-day preventative and corrective maintenance that technicians are…

A list of tests, published in the United States and abroad, is presented. A brief description is given of the content of each test. Types of tests presented are: Achievement; Aptitude; Personality, Interests, Aptitudes, and Opinions; and Miscellaneous, Sensory-Motor, Unidentified. Lists of announcements received, tests no longer available, new…

TESTS ON CREATIVE PERSONALITY WERE STUDIED AND VALIDATED. THE FIVE TESTS CONSIDERED APPROACHED THE PROBLEM OF CREATIVITY MEASUREMENT IN DIFFERING WAYS. TWO WERE CHOSEN FROM PUBLISHED LITERATURE--(1) "SELF-DESCRIPTIVE EXPLORATORY RESEARCH INVENTORY," AND (2) "INCOMPLETE FIGURES TEST." THREE WERE ADAPTED OR DEVISED BY THE…

THE PURPOSE OF THE STUDY WAS TO EXAMINE THE RELIABILITY AND VALIDITY OF SEVEN PROBLEMS IN THE TEACHING OF ARITHMETIC. THE VALIDITY OF THE PROBLEMS WAS INVESTIGATED ON THE CRITERIA OF (1) DIFFERENTIATING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS OF ARITHMETIC, GRADES 3-6, FROM COMPARABLY EDUCATED NONTEACHERS, (2) BEING SENSITIVE TO THE EFFECTS OF ELEMENTARY…

Using 68 students in professional education coursework, the study determined whether accomplishment of performance objectives determined by satisfactory performance on unit tests during instruction was related to the student's performance on an end-of-course retention test. Evidence supported the assignment of grade credit based on objective…

The article discusses an aspect of conductivity, one of the electrical properties subdivisions, and describes a tester that can be shop-built. Breakdown voltage of an insulation material is specifically examined. Test procedures, parts lists, diagrams, and test data form are included. (MF)

Examines the effect which student participation in test construction has on test scores. In each comparison, students who prepared test items, and then were examined by a sample of those items, scored higher than students who took items prepared by other students; however, no difference was seen within groups. (Author)

Discusses the current concern about establishing standards for student performance and argues that setting such standards ignores natural variability among children. (JMB)

The pilot study investigates a method by which blind individuals might administer an abbreviated form of the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale. (Author/SBH)

Various testing-the-limits procedures were employed in administering the Raven Coloured Progressive Matrices test to 108 subjects with learning difficulties (age range 8.4 to 12.9 years). (Author)

Data reported here support the view that an increase in anxiety exerts an interfering effect on test performance and suggest that attempts should be made to minimize increases and to decrease anxiety levels of students on test days. (Author/JC)

Described are practical points for the organization of pediatric examinations. Emphasis is on organizing and conducting a structured examination after students have completed seven weeks of clinical pediatrics on the wards and final examinations. (RH)

Estimates of the effects of use of formula scoring on the individual examinee's score are presented. Results for easy, moderate, and hard tests are examined. Using test characteristics from several studies shows that some examinees would increase scores substantially if they were to answer items omitted under formula directions. (SLD)

This article reviews trends in sports organizations' drug testing policies and procedures for its members, including which drugs are tested, who gets tested within the organizations, when tests are conducted, and penalties for those who test positive. (CB)