The Analysis of Learning Potential was developed to assist counselors and teachers to formulate more realistic academic expectations in view of the pupil's estimated learning potential. Results of the study suggest that the instrument does have the predictive characteristics that might be expected of a general academic aptitude measure. (Author)

A random sample of all sixth-grade students enrolled in a large urban school district completed the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills. The correspondence of test vectors measured by the test was analyzed. Results suggest that the ITBS does not measure exactly the same constructs across student ethnic groups. (Author)

Four instruments were correlated with teachers' percep- tions of elementary school children (N=113). Results suggested that teachers can generate tenable initial estimates of cognitive styles of students. (RC)

The validity of the Pearson-Johnson taxonomy is supported by the finding that the most correct answers was obtained on the textually explicit scale while the least correct answers occurred on the scriptally implicit scale. (FL)

The Fennema-Sherman Mathematics Attitudes Scales (E. Fennema and J. A. Sherman, 1976) are among the most popular measures used in studies of attitudes toward mathematics. However, the measurement integrity of the scores has not yet been established conclusively. Measurement integrity was explored by using data from 174 elementary school teachers…