A discussion of using individual expectancy scores rather than comparative group scores in evaluating achievement gains. (HB)

Reviews studies about adult outcomes of children with learning disabilities (LDs), suggesting that LDs persist into adulthood to some degree. Sees outcome as dependent on severity of LD at school age, intelligence, socioeconomic status of parents, and existence of neurological impairment. Concludes that prognosis of outcome is limited and has…

Discusses attempts made in the United States and elsewhere to develop prognostic tests that would justify decisions to exclude unqualified students from high school foreign-language classes. After the Second World War, U.S. government language programs supported research in the assessment of language aptitude to improve selection techniques. (36…

In this rejoinder, the authors respond to the insightful commentary of Strohmer and Arm, Chwalisz, and Hilton, Harris, and Rice about the meta-analysis on statistical versus clinical prediction techniques for mental health judgments. The authors address issues including the availability of statistical prediction techniques for real-life psychology…

The 33 tests in this bibliography cover United States History from the period of exploration of the continent through the Civil War to Post World War II. One test measures knowledge of African American history. Types of measures include credit by examination, item banks, and end-of-course tests. All ages are represented but the majority of tests…

This paper reports an effort to classify parents of abused children according to existing and new typologies derived from parents' psychopathological personality profiles. Several previously reported typologies for abusive parents are reviewed and elaborated. In addition, reference is given to data and insights gained from an ongoing study of 50…

FOUR NULL HYPOTHESES WERE TESTED TO EVALUATE SELECTED READING READINESS TESTS AS PREDICTORS OF FIRST-GRADE READING ACHIEVEMENT. FIVE SCHOOLS IN THE BANGOR, MAINE, CITY SCHOOL SYSTEM WERE RANDOMLY CHOSEN. IN EACH SCHOOL, ONE CLASS USED THE EXPERIMENTAL PROGRAM WHICH EMPHASIZED SUPPLEMENTARY VOCABULARY INSTRUCTION WITH READINESS TRAINING. ANOTHER…

IT IS GENERALLY RECOGNIZED THAT COMPATIBILITY IN ADOPTION DEPENDS ON A SOUND EVALUATION OF THE ADOPTIVE PARENTS AND OF THE INFANT AND THAT THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE CHILD ARE SERVED BY EARLY PLACEMENT IN A PERMANENT HOME. EARLY ASSESSMENT OF THE INFANT, ON WHICH PROPER PLACEMENT IS DEPENDENT, MUST BE PRIMARILY PREDICTIVE. HOWEVER, EXISTING INFANT…

This report is part of a 4-year study of prekindergarten and kindergarten children designed to provide data predictive of children's school achievement. A total of 109 boys and girls were given the Complete Assessment Battery, Metropolitan Readiness Tests (MRT), and the California Short-Form Test of Mental Maturity at the end of kindergarten or in…

This study evaluated the factor structure of the Rorschach Prognostic Rating Scale (RPRS) in order to: (a) test the assumption that the RPRS represents a unitary response system and (b) determine the efficacy of employing population specific factor scores as predictors of therapy outcome. (Author/NG)

This article presents data comparing the ability of psychiatric patients and their relatives to predict the posthospital adjustment of the patient. The study focuses on the comparison of the accuracies of patients' and relatives' expectations over a six month period beginning just prior to the patient's release. (SJL)

Studied weight-gain 127 primary anorexics by examining the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale and the Rorschach for indices that may predict improvement. Results showed that cognitive-focusing skills, measured by the Wechsler, account for roughly half of the variance and were good predictors of weight gain. (WAS)

Evaluated an intervention program for women in the first year of a computing degree at La Trobe University (Australia). Found a sustained increase in female retention after the program was introduced. Identified the best predictors of success in the first programming course to be age and having studied mathematics in the final years of secondary…

The Draw a Person: Screening Procedures for Emotional Disturbance (DAP:SPED) is a projective technique used in the initial assessment of children suffering from emotional problems, and unlike most projective techniques, features sound psychometric development. (Author)