An approach to improve the test-taking abilities of minority students, and especially college students, are discussed. The problem of lower performance of minorities on norm-referenced, standardized test is also considered. One approach to help improve students' scores on standardized tests is test-taking instruction and practice on simulated…

A theoretical proposal is offered concerning individual differences in cognitive processes. The focus is on mental retardation and the comparative problem-solving performance of 'normal' and 'retarded' children. (Author/CS)

Author presented some of the constructive things that school psychologists can do to assess more adequately disadvantaged minority group children. (Author/RK)

Provides a cursory comparison of four popular social studies achievement tests, discusses the relationship between the subject matter and the test, and provides examples of new methods of testing that give the teacher and the class tools for summarizing and interpreting what they are learning as they work together. (Author/IRT)

Standardized reading achievement tests are at best a reflection of the prevailing approaches and attitudes toward reading and the teaching of reading. Reading, however, is a very personal skill; people read best what they want to read. (Author)

Fifty standardized science tests are alphabetically listed under three major sections: (1) 23 elementary school science tests; (2) seven middle/junior high school science tests; and (3) secondary school science tests. The following information is provided for each test: test author(s), publisher, number of test forms, number of items on test,…

A study of elementary school teachers in California schools was conducted to determine the amount of testing they administered. Yearly state assessment tests, standardized norm-referenced test batteries, criterion-referenced tests, minimum competency tests, and teacher-made, curriculum-embedded tests were used. Testing in most areas was more…

A survey of ninth-grade student placement policies in Michigan secondary schools was conducted. Two central questions were: (1) Who makes the placement decision; and (2) What are the most frequently used criteria in making that decision? Two-hundred Michigan secondary schools were selected at random and questionnaires were sent to chairpersons of…

An investigation of the relative validity of self-assessments versus standardized tests indicated that both self-assessments and objectively tested abilities were significantly related to supervisory ratings of overall job performance. While these correlations were not significantly different, further analysis revealed that objectively tested…

Errors in oral reading tests result from inaccuracies that tend to creep in because children are not totally consistent while taking a test and from inaccuracies caused when the examiner does not catch a word recognition error, giving credit for an answer that is more wrong than right or vice versa. Every test contains a standard error of…

This study investigated the extent and nature of sex bias in Indiana's vocational education programs. It also examined sex bias in relation to selected factors (motivation, psychomotor and language skills, I.Q., interest, reality, and sex-role perception). Enrollments in vocational programs in twenty-four area vocational programs were analyzed.…

Data were collected from a number of sources evaluating the performance of elementary and secondary school students in New York State. Comparison of New York students against the other 49 states, and of various regions within New York state, led to the following conclusions. New York state produced a larger number of high-scoring students on…

The decline in writing ability among students entering college can be attributed to such factors as the absence of verbal precision in television, advertising, and political language, the lack of writing practice in high school English classes, overloaded and unprepared English teachers, and the difficulties involved in evaluating student writing.…