Outlines the purposes of pretests and considerations in their construction. (JR)

Developed during a 1968 summer institute for assisting educators of Evanston, Illinois school District 65 to develop some common understandings about crucial integration issues, this set of instructional materials on "Power to Black Power" forms one of a series of teacher "Unipacs." The specific purpose of this Unipac is to…

A pre-testing orientation was incorporated into the Work Incentives Program, a pre-vocational program for disadvantaged youth. Test-taking skills were taught in seven and one half hours of instruction and a variety of methods were used to provide a sequential experience with distributed learning, positive reinforcement, and immediate feedback of…

Study time for a large frame and a small frame type of program explanation in maneuvering solutions was compared using two equated, pretested groups of enlisted men in a basic Combat Information Center (CIC) techniques course and two equated groups assigned to basic electricity and electronics training. It was found that, by using pretesting, as…

The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of pretesting results on the future learning behavior of graduate students of a university. The teaching technique used was pretesting to assess student entry behavior. Considered in the study was the effect on student behavior of the instructor informing the class they had failed to meet the…

The author examines preservice teacher attitudes toward educational evaluation in six areas and measures gains in the value assigned to these areas after a required educational measurement and evaluation course. (MJB)

Using results from three classes (n = 324) taught by the author, this study shows, among other findings, that students with high grade point averages, well-educated parents, and previous college experience tend to know more sociological facts, concepts, theories, and methods. Impact and advantages of pretesting are discussed. (JDH)

Describes the Philadelphia Public Schools' formative testing program, used to diagnose students' difficulties under mastery learning, especially in mathematics. Discusses in turn the classroom, school, and district aspects of the program and summarizes the program's essential features. A full-page chart outlining aids and hindrances to formative…

Studies 20 teachers (16 women, four men) in pre-, post-, and follow-up testing of Teacher Effectiveness Training (TET) for active listening skills and I-message skills. (Editor/RK)

The present authors argued that the covariance analysis is completely valid even if there is a true main effect for pretesting and a second point of the paper involved a recommendation for data analysis if the interaction from ANOVA was significant. (Editor/RK)

Describes a program to help prepare students for a successful freshman year in college, Edinboro State College's Pre-College Educational Experience Program --students being provided with an orientation to the college, and corrective and remedial courses in English and communication and mathematics. (RJ)

Provides study skills, reading efficiency, and reading effectiveness tests designed to show the student that his reading is actually improving. (RW)

A new procedure, CATSIB, for assessing differential item functioning (DIF) on computerized adaptive tests (CATs) is proposed. CATSIB, a modified SIBTEST procedure, matches test takers on estimated ability and controls for impact-induced Type 1 error inflation by employing a CAT version of the IBTEST "regression correction." The…