An attempt to determine the predictive and correlational validity of the Parental Attitude Research Instrument was made by comparing attitudes identified through the PARI with other independent measures of behavior and attitudes of the same sample. (Author)

The publication records of 2,205 holders of the Ph.D. in sociology are examined for the period 1940-70. The predictive efficiency of six independent variables is assessed via regression analysis. A seventh variable is used as a control. Results of the study and directions for future research are presented and discussed. (SM)

The relationship between class and voting has been described using concepts such as class voting, political distinctiveness of classes, class distinctiveness of parties, and class solidarity. A model is developed to analyze under what conditions the index of class voting is affected by different ways of classifying occupational groups. (Author/JB)

GCE O-and A-level examinations were correlated with the AH6 AG test scores obtained a year earlier. Results suggest that the predictive value of AH6 for success in individual subjects is almost as high as when the examinations and testing were taken within a few weeks of each other. (Authors/CB)

Results indicated that it is possible to distinguish children on predispositions such as social and task orientation and self-assurance sufficiently well to predict their behavior in certain specific situations. (Authors)

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…

Predictions using linear programing are less biased by extreme cases and thus offer a more valid estimate of expected student performance than that given by a least squares approach. (Authors/MB)

In the card-punch operating training described here, it seems that extraversion is more important in job success in the early stages of training and clerical aptitude less so, with the relative importance of these attributes being reversed at a later stage. (Authors)

To individualize instruction in reading, a system of diagnostic measures must be used to establish needs areas. Author examines a number of such measures and proposes subsequent study culminating in a Predictive Index. (Editor/MB)

Results offer empirical support to Ilg and Ames's claim that the Gesell battery is an excellent predictor of school readiness. The close similarity of the Piaget and Gesell tests accords well with previous findings that the two tests have much in common. (Authors/MB)

In the case of success-failure predictions, approximately 75 percent of those predicted to succeed did and 51 percent of those predicted to fail failed. (Editor)

Grades represent only one type of achievement; our need is for a continuing andcomprehensive assessment ofstudent growth and development. (Author/IR)