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Jensen, Arthur R. – 1980
The first eight chapters of this book introduce the topic of test bias. The basic issues involved in criticisms of mental tests and arguments about test bias include: (1) variety of tests and test items; (2) scaling of scores and the form of the distribution of abilities in the population; (3) quantification of subpopulation differences; (4)…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Aptitude Tests, Cognitive Measurement, Intelligence Tests
Macklem, Gayle L. – 1989
The concept of aptitude is reviewed, and the uses and misuses of aptitude tests are considered. Many aptitude tests measure general ability plus certain more specialized abilities that are important for success in particular educational programs. Aptitude tests can be subdivided into: (1) group-administered aptitude tests, such as the Scholastic…
Descriptors: Ability, Achievement Tests, Aptitude, Aptitude Tests
Williams, Robert L. – Journal of Afro-American Issues, 1975
The claim that tests of intelligence and abilities are the best predictors of academic success fails to examine closely the important moderator variable as test and criterion characteristics rather than as person characteristics. (EH)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Aptitude Tests, Black Youth, Intelligence Tests

Maginnis, George H. – Reading Teacher, 1972
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Aptitude Tests, Evaluation Methods, Intelligence Tests

Barrett, Gerald V.; Depinet, Robert L. – American Psychologist, 1991
Examines five themes in "Testing for Competence Rather than for "Intelligence" (D. C. McClelland, "American Psychologist," 1973), and reviews relevant literature. Despite wide acceptance of McClelland's views, other evidence that does not show that competency testing surpasses cognitive ability testing in predicting…
Descriptors: Ability, Aptitude Tests, Cognitive Tests, Intelligence

Ree, Malcolm James; Earles, James A. – Intelligence, 1991
Fourteen estimates were made of "g" (general cognitive ability) from the normative sample of a multiple-aptitude test battery with a weighted sample representing 25,409,193 men and women. The methods, which included principal components, unrotated principal factors, and hierarchical factor analysis, are equivalent for this test. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adults, Aptitude Tests, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Measurement
Educational Testing Service, Los Angeles, CA. – 1958
At the seventh Western Regional Conference on Testing Problems, the following speeches were given: (1) "A Guidance Person's Approach to Testing for the Discovery and Development of Human Talent" by Frances D. McGill; (2) "The Instructional Uses of Measurement in the Discovery and Development of Human Talent" by Roy P. Wahle; (3) "New Frontiers of…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Academic Ability, Aptitude Tests, Conference Reports
Scheuneman, Janice Dowd – New Directions for Testing and Measurement, 1981
Statistical bias in measurement and ethnic-group bias in testing are discussed, reviewing predictive and construct validity studies. Item bias is reconceptualized to include distance of item content from respondent's experience. Differing values of mean and standard deviation for bias parameter are analyzed in a simulation. References are…
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Aptitude Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethnic Bias
Pine, Patricia – Amer Educ, 1969
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Aptitude Tests, Bias, Cultural Influences
MacKinnon, Ronald C.; Elliott, Charles – 1969
To find the concurrent validity of two scholastic aptitude tests when a scholastic achievement test was used as a criterion for use in placement of mentally retarded children, 127 subjects were involved. The California Achievement Test (CAT) was used as a criterion measure, and the Primary Mental Abilities test (PMA) and the Slosson Intelligence…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Aptitude Tests, Comparative Testing, Correlation
McDonnell, W. – 1975
The problems associated with the transition from the secondary level to the tertiary level in education have given rise to many surveys, analyses of statistics, research projects, reports and literature reviews. Much has been written on topics such as testing, selection, prediction and wastage, with findings and conclusions which appear to have…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Affective Measures, Aptitude Tests, Cognitive Ability

Ornstein, Allan C. – NASSP Bulletin, 1993
Examines the differences between norm-referenced tests (standardized assessments of intelligence, aptitude, achievement, and personality) and criterion-referenced tests. Until school districts improve their potential to develop meaningful criterion-referenced tests, norm-referenced tests will be the major yardstick for measuring student…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Aptitude Tests, Criterion Referenced Tests, Elementary Secondary Education
Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ. – 1949
The conference panels were organized around three topics: (1) influences of cultural background on test performance; (2) uses and limitations of factor analysis in psychological research; and (3) information which should be provided by test publishers and testing agencies on the validity and use of their tests. Panelists for the first session…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Aptitude Tests, Conference Reports, Cultural Influences
Rosenbach, John H. – 1979
Since their beginning, intelligence tests have favored the higher social classes. Despite federal mandates to the contrary, bias in assessment is likely to remain a problem. Claims of test bias can be categorized as popular (naive); clinical (intuitive); statistical (predictive); and psychometric (construct and content). A literature review has…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Aptitude Tests, Cultural Differences, Culture Fair Tests
Shutt, Darold L.; Hannon, Thomas – 1973
Controversies centering around the accuracy of the estimates made of bilingual children's intellectual functioning and the effectiveness of prescriptive programs recommended for their subsequent development have resulted in the investigation and assessment of different instruments used for student placement in special education classes. The three…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Bilingual Students, Comparative Analysis, Educational Diagnosis
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