In 20 elementary schools participating in the Los Angeles School Preferred Reading Program, gains in reading achievement were examined in order to identify school and classroom policies that were most successful in raising reading scores of inner-city children. All schools sampled displayed large or consistent gains for sixth-grade reading…

Pupils taught by the course "Speak Out" did better in a conventional preliminary test (school textbook type) than control groups. Construction, grading and results of the tests are described, and possible reasons are given for the better performance of the "Speak Out" groups. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)

The authors describe a game called "Frustration" which can be used by counselors to show incoming high school students some of the ordinary hazards of the high school experience which partly determine success at school. Students are encouraged to suggest their own solutions to these problems. (SE)

The Personality Research Form and the Achievement Anxiety Test were compared to the Thematic Apperception Test and Mandler-Sarason Test Anxiety Questionnaire. The former were equally reliable and valid measures of motive for success and motive to avoid failure. The ease of administration and scoring would recommend their use to researchers.…

The interrelationships between scores on selected scales of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory, those on the Cornell Critical Thinking Test, and academic success as measured one year later by grade point average and total number of graduate units completed was investigated with 100 graduate students. (Author/JKS)

Reports on a study of the relation between admissions criteria and success measures. Calls for more such studies, especially in graduate journalism education and related programs. (RL)

This article describes the development of a model that can select students likely to succeed in a professional pharmacy program, and also identify those likely to have trouble that could lead to academic withdrawal. Data are based on students at the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy. (JMD)

Emphasizes that the failure to recognize the interplay between personality characteristics and situational determinants has masked important individual reaction patterns concerning general satisfaction and boredom at school. (Author/RK)

If distributive education graduates are to qualify for better jobs and wages than persons with no training, they must have skills that differentiate them from the average job applicant or employee. The author stresses careful placement for cooperative training, good cooperative training plans, and more attention to selling in the curriculum. (MF)

Children observed a communication game in which two dolls sent messages to each other so that the listener doll could pick out a matching card. Allocations of blame for inadequate communication were functions of age of the child, adequacy of message, correctness of choice, and child's proximity to speaker or listener doll. (Author/MV)

Reports on an investigation of the effects of interspersed adjunct questions on recall of fifth grade children classified as good or poor comprehenders. (AA)

An evaluation of approximately 200 visually impaired high school students, conducted by The Florida State University Counseling Center over a 10-year period, indicated that 75 percent had good potential for successful college work. (Author)

A study was conducted at a school of social work to determine the effectiveness of student decisions compared to faculty admissions decisions. Faculty predicted the performance of applicants they rated more successfully than did students. Clearly-determined admission criteria are needed to predict student performance. (SW)

Data collected on minority students indicates that 99 percent of independent school graduates entered a college. Most of them matriculated at prestigious and selective colleges. (Author/AM)