An analysis of scatter among the Tests of Cognitive Ability for the Woodcock-Johnson Psycho-Educational Battery was conducted on scores of 3,566 grade 1 through 12 students from the standardization sample. Large mean high subtest-low subtest differences were noted for each grade level and compared to Wechsler Intelligence Scale for…

The goal of this project was to develop and field test training materials for students and teachers which would increase the probability of obtaining valid test results from the administration of standardized group achievement tests. The specific objectives were: (1) to produce a self-instructing videotape illustrating correct and incorrect test…

This report presents the pre-and posttest results for the kindergarten year of the Kamehameha Early Education Program (KEEP) Class 2, 1973-1974. Results are presented for the Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence (WPPSI), the Metropolitan Readiness Test (MRT), and the Standard English Repetition Test (SERT). Comparisons are made…

This report is a compilation of information from a curriculum survey of elementary schools in the Clarion Manor Intermediate Unit of Shippenville, Pennsylvania. The report follows the same outline as the original survey and is divided into three sections. The first section compiles the responses of the individual districts to each of the survey…

The concurrent validity of the Boehm Test of Basic Concepts (BTBC) was investigated by comparing it to two tests of linguistic abilities (Test of Auditory Comprehension of Language--TACL--and the Carrow Elicited Language Inventory--CELI) and five Piagetian tests of cognitive abilities (space, numeration, seriation, time, and classification) with…

THE STANDARDIZED INSTRUCTIONS IN THIS MANUAL ARE FOR ADMINISTERING THE TEST BATTERY USED WITH THE RESEARCH PROJECT "DEVELOPMENT OF A CURRICULUM AND MATERIALS FOR TEACHING BASIC VOCATIONAL TALENTS," (VT 004 454). THIS TEST BATTERY WAS ADAPTED FROM THE TEST BATTERY DEVELOPED BY THE STAFF OF PROJECT TALENT UNDER THREE SEPARATE CONTRACTS…

UNDER TITLE VI OF THE NATIONAL DEFENSE EDUCATION ACT THE MODERN LANGUAGE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA (MLA) UNDERTOOK IN 1960 TO PREPARE A SERIES OF TESTS IN FRENCH, GERMAN, ITALIAN, RUSSIAN. AND SPANISH FOR USE OF TWO LEVELS--(1) AFTER THE 2D YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL LANGUAGE STUDY, OR THE SECOND SEMESTER IN COLLEGE, AND (2) AFTER THE 4TH YEAR OF HIGH…

THE BELIEF PATTERNS OF EIGHT GROUPS OF SCHOOL PERSONNEL (STUDENT TEACHERS, COOPERATING TEACHERS, PRINCIPALS, CLINICAL SUPERVISORS, METHODS PROFESSORS, EDUCATION PROFESSORS, OTHER ACADEMICIANS, AND STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION PERSONNEL), TOTALLING 976 PERSONS, AT SIX INSTITUTIONS (INCLUDING THREE STATE TEACHERS COLLEGES AND TWO LARGE STATE…

The following information on the development of the 1978 Metropolitan Achievement Tests (MAT), fifth edition, is given; the purpose and importance of item analysis, steps preceding item tryout, characteristics of the sample population, and data obtained. Item analysis allows elimination of undesirable items, adjustment of the difficulty level of…

This is the history of an important educational institution in Australia. The work looks at the problems of establishing a new institution in the late 1920s and traces its varying fortunes through 50 years to 1980. It is more, however, than an institutional history. It analyses early contributions to educational research, its subsequent growth in…

Preliminary data were analyzed from 37 learning disabilities (LD) teachers and 36 school psychologists on the information considered useful in instructional planning and the greatest needs of LD students. Results indicated that standardized devices were considered most useful in instructional planning by both groups. The Wechsler Intelligence…

The paper addresses identification of the young gifted child and explores research on the importance of early recognition and programs designed to meet the needs of gifted students. The history of gifted education and early childhood education is traced. Reasons for intervention, such as maximizing the potential of the gifted child, are pointed…

This is the second volume of a two-volume report describing the results of a three-year evaluation study of the Right to Read Special Emphasis Project, which was undertaken to determine if intensive programs of reading instruction introduced at an early age could change patterns of reading achievement in schools where large numbers of students…

A brief, nontechnical state-of-the-art review of four common instruments and current practices in the field of scholastic aptitude testing is presented. The instruments include: the 1971 Cognitive Abilities Test (CAT), 1973 Henmon-Nelson Tests of Mental Ability (H-NTMA), 1979 Otis-Lennon School Ability Test (OLSAT) and the 1970 Short Form Test of…

The implications of standardized testing for minority students are explored. Test terminology is described in terms of objectivity, standardization, reliability, and validity. Primarily, however, the paper reviews the objectivity of standardized testing, that is, of those tests which are either norm-referenced or criterion-referenced. The use of…