Concerns evaluation of the effectiveness of an adapted Self-Directed Search for blind persons. Results revealed significant differences in number and consistency of occupations under consideration, satisfaction and certainty about vocational plans, and interest in general information about self and occupations. Most SDS users rated the experience…

Two studies on the use of the American Association on Mental Deficiency Adaptive Behavior Scale were conducted with autistic children--one compared ratings by parents and teachers on the same child, the other examined change measured by the scale across an academic year. (Author)

A study involving 119 fifth graders indicated that the "Durrell Visual Memory of Words: Intermediate" measures auditory-visual integration rather than being a pure measure of visual memory, as is purported. (CL)

Aims to help instructors make more valid test questions, particularly multiple-choice ones. Emphasis is placed on multiple-choice questions to show the wealth of opportunities they offer for testing because of their uses, objectivity, and ease of grading. Discusses test scheduling, construction, and evaluation and follow-up. (CT)

Preservice and inservice teacher education programs should incorporate the teaching of test wiseness in their curricula. (CMJ)

Two studies provide methodogical refinement in the measurement of loneliness, using a revised version of the self-report UCLA Loneliness Scale. Investigates response bias, concurrent validity, and correlated measures. (Author/SS)

The validity of the Slosson Intelligence Test (SIT) relative to the California Short Form Test of Mental Maturity and the Shipley-Institute of Living Scale was investigated on a sample of college students. Results supported the validity of the SIT. (Author/JKS)

The Stanford Achievement Test (SAT), 1973 edition, was administered concurrently with the Wide Range Achievement Test (WRAT), level 1, to 296 neurologically impaired and emotionally handicapped students to validate the WRAT (using the SAT as a criterion). (PHR)

An analysis of children's response patterns to Test 7B of the Standard Reading Tests, designed to test knowledge of consonantal blends at beginnings of words, suggests that the response patterns reflect spoken or written vocabulary rather than knowledge of phonic elements. (GT)

Items designed to measure the ability to derive the meanings of words from context were drawn from seven published reading tests. The items were administered to high school students without the context. Only one published test had vocabulary-in-context items that were consistently context-dependent. (Author)

Subjects rated how certain they were that each of 60 statements was true or false. Embedded in the list was a set of statements that were either repeated across several sessions or were not repeated. Frequency of occurrence is apparently a criterion used to establish referential validity of plausible statements. (CHK)

Older adults (n=35) completed the Minnesota Manual Dexterity Test (MMDT); 44 completed both the MMDT and the Minnesota Rate of Manipulation Test. Reliability and validity of the MMDT were supported. There was high correlation between the two tests. (SK)

The treatment of validity in the newest edition of "Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing" is quite different from coverage in earlier editions of the Standards and in most measurement textbooks. The view of validity in the 1999 Standards is discussed, and suggestions for instructors of measurement courses are offered. (Contains 56…

Validated the Godin-Shephard questionnaire for assessing habitual activity in pre-pubertal children, evaluating the physical activity of female competitive gymnasts and recreational non-gymnasts age 7-11 years over 15 months. Based upon comparison with multiple single day measures of activity, the Godin-Shephard questionnaire did not provide a…

Tests the properties of a Spanish version of the Family Adaptability and Cohesion Scales III (FACES III) in a Spanish sample. Confirmatory factor analyses replicated the factor structure of the original American version. Reliability coeffecients were higher for the cohesion than the adaptability scale. Convergent and discriminant validity was…