The Kindergarten Music Program (KMP) is one of several instructional systems currently under development at the Southwest Regional Laboratory for Educational Research and Development. The purpose of this article is to describe the evaluation procedure and the concomitant results of the first version of the KMP. (Author/RK)

Paper presented at the 2nd Annual Seminar on English Language Teaching, Vientiane, Laos, February 7-9, 1973. (RL)

Gives instructions on how to improve student test taking skills, suggesting that students may fare poorly on standardized reading comprehension tests because of inadequate test taking ability. (Author/RB)

Background and purposes of the National Teacher Examinations (NTE) and the hazards of combining data on these tests in research studies are discussed; the predictive validity of the NTE with in-service teachers is analyzed. Suggestions are made for closer correlation between rating scales and what the standardized tests themselves attempt to…

Critical evaluation of testing programs as a language barrier in English courses in African educational systems. (RS)

The first of two short articles describes the American Association for the Advancement of Science elementary school program; the other describes an experimental school-based testing program for the assessment of biology students in England for the award of certificate offered by an external examinations' board. (AL)

The U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Griggs v. Duke Power Company (1971) will have important effects on industrial personnel practices. The decision will do much to make qualification the all important factor in hiring and selection, and will tend to make race, religion, nationality, and sex irrelevant factors. (Author)

Examples of items on a test used to measure mathematical understanding are given. This article concludes the series; for previous articles see Volume 1 Number 5 July 1972 and Volume 1 Number 6 September 1972. (DT)