Seventeen nationally normed, standardized achievement tests were judged appropriate by the Illinois Title I Test Review Committee for use with Model A-1 in evaluation of Illinois Title I programs. They are the California Achievement Tests, CIRCUS, Gates-MacGinitie Reading Tests, Iowa Tests of Basic Skills, Iowa Tests of Educational Development,…

A study was undertaken to determine if the spelling preferences of chief executives of corporations were reflected in the views of their personnel directors in their consideration of employment applications. Fifty-two high-level executives in business and industry responded to a questionnaire concerning their preferences for standard or reformed…

This paper lists interest and work value inventories which are of proven or potential use in vocational counseling. Each entry includes information about item and response types, for whom it is intended, the kinds of scales and scores employed, and whether interpretation materials are available. The list represents those which are known to be…

The 42 teachers enrolled in a graduate reading course participated in a study examining the application of the Rauding Scale and the SEER technique, two global readability procedures. After a lecture on the topic of readability, the teachers rated eight passages with both readability formulas, and these ratings were compared to the predetermined…

The 29 editorial board members of three communications journals were asked to indicate what criteria they used to evaluate and select the manuscripts submitted to their journals for publication. The 16 people who responded indicated six things that they require in manuscripts: a strong introduction that clearly and concisely states the conceptual…

The project objective was to develop a basic first aid course which would teach at least as much in 7-1/2 hours as a standard ten-hour Red Cross course. Student performance on empirically revised editions of test questions led to the final design of the course. Data gathered from tryouts of 16mm pilot footage were used to write scripts for the…

This study investigated college major (CM) of cadets as a possible predictor of success in naval aviation training. Each of 1,245 pilot trainees who had been successful student aviators but failed to become aviators was placed into one of ten categories according to his CM. For each of the categories, arithmetic means of all primary selection test…

This revision of a 1965 publication lists approximately 700 titles on mathematics for four-year colleges. The titles are grouped by mathematical content; included also are categories for general, foundations, journals, series, films, and foreign-language references. The purposes of the list are to provide: (1) students with introductory,…

In planning the development of the system for computer assisted assembly of tests, it was agreed at the outset that one of the basic requirements for the successful initiation of any such system would be the development of a detailed item content classification system. The design of the system for classifying item content is a key element in…

Many factors need to be considered when a librarian decides on vendors for his orders. By using information from existing trade journals and from questionnaires completed by publishers, a handbook was developed to assist librarians; it discusses some 450 publishers in terms of their: (1) address, (2) promptness of delivery, (3) price discounts…

This paper is a lead-in to a book entitled "Pre-Collegiate Anthropology: Trends and Materials" (SO 008 751) published in 1975 by the Anthropology Curriculum Study Project (ACSP). Topics discussed include the processes and procedures which ACSP used to gather materials for the publication, the sources of the anthropology materials,…

This study reviews current literature relating to methods of selection and recruitment of teachers and describes some of the more innovative techniques suggested by practicing administrators and recruiting agencies. Emphasis is given to the importance of establishing sound criteria and workable techniques of teacher selection, together with…

Over 400 bibliographic tools and selection sources of both print and nonprint media which are currently available are cited in this comprehensive guide. The four major sections of the guide are: (1) information on print media; (2) information on nonprint media; (3) information on print and nonprint; and (4) review sources and reviewing…

The general purpose of this study was to survey and analyze the self study and visiting committee aspects of selected North Central Association (NCA) secondary school evaluations to determine their effectiveness in terms of evaluation of the procedure used in selecting and comprising these committees and their activities. The study is presented in…

The literature of research and theory on media, the psychology of learning, and the technology of instruction is reviewed. The focus is on discovering what is currently known about the intersection of these fields. Current thoughts and discoveries about brain structure and processing are discussed. The management of learning as a system is another…