Based on the test theory model for ordinal measurements proposed by Schulman and Haden, the present paper considers correlations between tests, attenuation, regressions involving true and observed scores, and predictions of test reliability. Comparisons are made to interval test theory. (Author/JKS)

The important and sometimes difficult-to-grasp concept of regression suppressor variable effects is explored. An inquiry into the phenomenon of suppressor effects is accomplished via a synthesis of the existing literature and the use of a small heuristic data set to improve the accessibility of the concept. Implications for researchers are also…

Since its inception in 1969, the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) has been the nation's leading indicator of what American students know and can do. The focus of this chapter is on how NAEP, as it exists today, may be useful to educators, in particular four aspects of NAEP that may be of wide interest and use. This chapter…

Article investigated the use of biographical, personality, attitudinal and motivational information for predicting creative potential. (Author/RK)

The findings in this study have suggested that the General Aptitude Test Battery (GATB) might be discarded in favor of the Pre-Admission Classification Examination (PACE). (Author/NE)

The data presented does not support any concurrent appropriateness for the standardized measures in a graduate program employing the grade point average as the major criterion for granting degrees. (Author)

The specific purpose of this study was to compare the long-term predictive power of intelligence, readiness, achievement, and visual perception for the future reading performance of a sample of inner-city kindergarten and first-grade children. (Author)

Paper presents derivations of expressions for functions for any absorbing Markov-chain model. (Author)

Study investigates the adequacy of predicting differential value systems of college students from their American College Test (ACT) scores. (Author)

In comparison with other predictors as intelligence, aptitude, interest, and personality, biographical items had vastly superior validity. (Author)

A comparison of the Quick tests with longer tests showed that the short Quick tests were likely to provide as much information of reliable and independent predictive value as longer tests. (AN/Authors)