The congruency ranking of the 150 objectives presented in this research seems to indicate that both teachers and students can agree on the intended behaviors demanded by a substantial number of instructional objectives. (Authors)

Study compares the Rasch and the Guttman models of measurement and thus adds to the description of the characteristics of Rasch's logistic model. Such knowledge is of importance in making decisions as to which model and which statistics should be used in evaluations of tests. (Author/CB)

Based on the author's article in the same issue of Fremdsprachliche Unterricht; see FL 502 498. (RS)

At Oakland Community College, each student learns according to his cognitive style. Diagnostic tests guide his career decisions and mode of instruction; extraordinary resources and small curriculum units assure success. (Editor)

Criticizes present means of identifying and correcting reading problems as inadequate and makes several recommendations for the raising of reading standards through improved programs, teacher education, and better problem identification. (MD)

Paper was presented at the American Personnel and Guidance Association Convention, Las Vegas, Nevada, March 30--April 3, 1969.

The findings in Volume I of the Committee on Ability Testing's report (see ED 213 770 and ED 213 771) are shown to be ambiguous regarding the meaning of ability, vague regarding test validity, and ingenuous regarding test uses and misuse. The neglect of the basic question of what tests measure is noted. (CM)

Testing and tests are shown to have played a positive and dramatic role in increased opportunities through identification of educational talent. It is argued that tests, far from denying equality, are necessary conditions for equality and quality. (Author/CM)

Testing provides a major tool to assure the quality of education and access based on merit. In selection processes, the opposite of meritocracy is not equality but favoritism. Without adequate testing, society will have weaker assurance of an individual's performance capacity and productive contribution. (Author/CM)

Summarizes current congressional action affecting educational research and related activities, including appropriations, the Higher Education Act reauthorization, a new research and technology act, and legislation regarding educational testing, youth unemployment and training, paperwork and red tape reduction, and research privacy. (GC)

Six factors were examined in a national attitude survey: test use, anxiety, validity, fairness, judging one's own performance, and evaluation in general. Affective reactions of students toward evaluation were dependent on judging their own performance and on general affective attitudes toward school and society. (CP)

Contending that present measures of student gains resulting from changed teaching methods are ineffective, the author proposes on "automated examining machine" that would enable students to monitor their own progress. This system would allow teachers to become friendly consultants instead of bosses or judges. (Author/WB)

A monthly guide to help teach the basic subjects. Here are suggestions for teaching language arts, science and mathematics. (RK)

On January 23, 1976, the Saskatchewan Department of Education distributed to schools, school boards and other interested groups and individuals some 1,800 copies of the report of the Minister's Advisory Committee on Student Evaluation. Discusses the findings of that report. (Author/RK)