"Teaching the test" has been defined in terms of teaching those particular content knowledges or skills needed to answer the test items correctly. Evidence of several sorts examined in this paper clearly indicates that New Century was teaching students in Providence, R.I., the Gates-MacGinitie Reading Test, which was used to assess their…

This study sought to test the interpretation that high test anxiety subjects performed more poorly on difficult material because they divided their attention between personally relevant and task relevant concerns to a greater degree than did low anxiety individuals. It was reasoned that such division of attention ought to require more time for…

The major thrust of this issue of "Impact" is "New Therapies." Dr. William Glasser comments on his "reality therapy" and Robert Carkhuff discusses his "systematic eclectic approach to helping." This issue also contains articles about an indictment of the Strong Vocational Interest Blank in regard to women. Other departments contain ideas,…

The article discusses the special techniques required for deaf-blind children. (DLS)

Standardized tests, with their preoccupation with correctness, encourage barren formulaic writing by students. (DD)

A procedure is developed for estimating correlations among new tests when non-overlapping sub-samples each are administered a different new test and all sub-samples are administered a set of standard tests. (JKS)

Directions for administering four major preschool instruments were analyzed to determine whether any basic concepts are included in the words spoken by the examiner. Inclusion of basic concepts in test directions may hinder a preschool child's understanding of what is expected of him (and possibly invalidate his scores). (Author)

This paper will help the counselor and researcher in selecting the personality tests appropriate for the client or target culture, in making the best possible use of existing instruments by taking into account such devices as itinerant norms, and in focusing on the practical application of psychological knowledge. (Author)

Discusses difficulties inherent in assessment of oral abilities as part of a comprehensive examination system. (AA)

The model proposed views the assessment of human functioning as a multi-dimensional process, thus requiring that assessment use several data collection procedures. (Author/AM)

This article provides a critical review and chronology of the developments and calls for a moratorium on testing since 1968. Today the public is more aware about the misuse and dangers of testing than it was years ago thanks to the Association of Black Psychologists moratorium on testing. (Author/AM)

Adaptive Behavior Scale (ABS) ratings by one rater completing the scale were compared with composite ratings by a group of raters, each of whom completed only a portion were compared for 40 retarded persons (ages 10-56). Composite ratings tended to be significantly higher than individual ratings. (Author/DB)

Addresses the problem of the equivalence of linguistically translated items that form measurement scales used to assess psychological traits or constructs in source and target cultures and languages. Outlines assessment procedures that are standardized but that also reflect cultural-specific concepts and values. (PS)

Children ages 1 1/2 to 3 years were tested to determine their comprehension of the terms "in,""on," and "under." It was found that children who listened to a pretest story involving the objects to be used in the study showed markedly better comprehension of the terms than children not exposed to the pretest activity.…