Experts on test analysis discuss the appropriateness of the uses to which standardized tests are being put. (Author/RK)

Compares the Metropolitan Readiness Test with the opinion a parent or teacher has of a child for predicting success in the first grade. Results of a two year study are analyzed. (RK)

Examines and analyzes items on the Grossen Deutschen Sprachdiploms" test of May 1970. (WB)

Study examined correlations between standard deviations of test scores and an index of within-community variability in income. (Author)

Responds to Fry's article in the January 1971 Reading Teacher, The Orangoutang Score." Suggests that chance level scores should not be assumed to have arisen only from random processes and that there are methods for identifying a thoughtful, nonrandom performance. References. (VJ)

Through the courts parents are challenging the administration and use of standardized tests, placement procedures, and the effectiveness and harmful impact of special class placement of students labeled educable mentally retarded as a result of standardized testing. (Author/KW)

Advises teachers to determine course objectives, to assess students' performance levels with formal or informal measures, and then to determine which competencies are needed to fulfill the course objectives. (MB)

Panel discussion by Dean K. Whitla, Marcelino S. Crudo, Harold V. Martin, and Frank S. Satterwhite, focusing on tests, which while not biased, do serve to eliminate many potential college candidates, necessitating special assistance along with enlightened admissions policies in order to give them expanded educational opportunities. (CJ)