Presented in this document are "training success" norms developed from data on post-secondary vocational education students as collected by means of the General Aptitude Test Battery (GATB) from students accepted to and graduated from full-time day programs in the 24 cooperating Minnesota schools from September 1966 - July 1970. Included…

Presented in this document are data on post-secondary vocational education students as collected by means of the Vocational Development Inventory (VDI) and the Minnesota Scholastic Aptitude Test (MSAT). For training success norms, 27 occupational groups were separated into three clusters on the basis of sex (primarily male, both male and female,…

This final report summarizes past research and suggests new approaches to the problem of estimating long-term individual constants using path analysis. The general objective of the research was to detect and measure the likelihood that one variable, x, measured at time, t, has a causal influence on another variable, y, measured at a subsequent…

The results of the Pennsylvania Educational Quality Assessment program, Phase II, are interpreted. The first section of the manual presents a statement of each of the Ten Goals of Quality Education which served as the basis of the assessment. Also included are the key items on the questionnaires administered to 5th and 11th grade students. The…

A study concerned with the validity of using test data as predictors of student success in various vocational education programs focused on description of the student group in terms of selected variables and on an investigation of the similarities and differences of the groups. Subjects were 519 students representing 12 programs of study (with…

Following up on the previous year's study of first graders, this report describes a study of intervention at the second grade level in 73 North York, Ontario, public schools. Post-test data from the end of the first grade year were used to identify 417 pupils in need of special assistance in second grade. Post-testing was conducted near the end of…

This article examines the relationship between grading systems and performance on national board examinations. The study demonstrates that board scores verify traditional grading as an indicator of student performance despite many variables; students who do well with traditional grades should do as well with national boards. (LBH)

The relationships between achievement measures and aptitude, sex, and personality traits were explored in a sample of 226 eighth grade students in an upper middle class suburban school. Among other results, sex did not prove to be a significant predictor of achievement. (Author/JKS)

This review ponders the lack of Canadian university entrance examinations. As there are no province-wide standards it is difficult to give fair and equitable treatment for college admission. Some such method of entrance examination may be soon introduced in Ontario. (MFD)

A variety of methods currently in use for selecting candidates for admission to community college allied health programs are described, and research is reviewed showing that typical indices of academic performance are unrelated to job performance. Needed research and possible selection approaches are suggested. (LH)

This study was designed to assess the relative contributions of selected personality characteristics, school achievement, intelligence, sex, and ethnic background to self-concept in a fourth-grade sample. Personality variables were found to be more predictive than achievement ability or demographic factors. (Author)

A description of the EMLAT, its content, norms used, types of questions and results. Statistical tables are included. The conclusion is that the EMLAT has predictive validity for achievement in French language whether the method used is traditional or audio-lingual. The first two subtests contribute most as predictors. (AMH)

States that the Joint Council's "Framework" is deficient in the area of methodology because the theories and conclusions of the discipline are based mostly on private musings and introspection which is qualified through post-hoc regression analysis. Illustrates the problem with an example from unemployment, and concludes with a section…

Three versions of a probabilistic model adapted from the theory of information retrieval--a binary version, a version using the full value of the data, and a version using principal components--were tested and applied to data available from application forms to predict graduate school performance of library school students. (EM)

Language-impaired children (N=87) were assessed at the ages of 4, 4 1/2, and 5 1/2. In 37%, the language disorder resolved by 5 1/2 years (44% resolution in those with normal nonverbal ability). Outcome for individuals could be predicted with 90% accuracy at four years. (Author/KM)