The extent to which essay and objective tests measure the same or different abilities when instruction and content remain constant is investigated. (PR)

A discussion of the difficulties in testing language production in educationally subnormal children, and the development of a procedure attempting to overcome those difficulties. (RY)

The results of this study suggest that instructions are a source of information to students about the testing environment that modifies their test-taking behavior. Individual students interpret the same instructions in different ways, and these differences, in turn, result in variations in behavior reflected in test scores. (Author)

The two subtests of level four of the School and College Ability Tests for school grades 6-8 are shown to predict freshmen grades in three Southern Negro colleges considerably better than did the Scholastic Aptitude Test. (JM)

Two indices for measuring the degree of conformity or consistency of an individual examinee's response pattern on a set of items are developed. The use of the indices for spotting aberrant response patterns of examinees is detailed. (Author/JKS)

Examined whether lengthy responses to the blank card reflect a contaminating factor such as glibness in creativity research. Two groups of college students completed the Remote Associates Test, Thematic Apperception Test, or Hand Test. Results suggested that blank cards among ambiguous stimuli evoke not glibness but economy of expression. (JAC)

Notes that while across large groups of students two tests may be highly correlated, specific characteristics of tests may interact with specific characteristics of students to yield differences in scores for one individual on two or more tests. (FL)

This study of the nursing examination for licensure in Michigan shows how adverse impact may be used as a legally mandated, quantitative tool to assess selection procedures in nursing and other health professions. (Author/CM)

The feasibility of operant audiometry was investigated with six normal, six hearing impaired, six severely retarded, and six multihandicapped (deaf-blind) children. The operant procedures allowed the unilateral testing of some Ss under earphones who could not be tested using conventional audiometric methods. (Author/SEW)