This paper describes Michigan's strategy for defining and assessing employability skills. A statewide task force, appointed by the Governor, defined an initial list of academic, personal management, and teamwork skills. The skills from this list were more specifically defined for a questionnaire that was mailed to a random sample of over 7,500…

The frequency and diversity of reading and mathematics tests, test approach (norm-referenced or criterion-referenced) and the format of measurement were studied. The contextual variables surrounding test administration and interpretation were examined. The teacher's knowledge of, and attitudes toward, testing were investigated. Results of a…

A brief summary of the progress and status of the Individualized Instruction for Data Access (IIDA) project is followed by a report dealing with two studies in the environment for which the system was intended. These field experiments were conducted with research engineers and chemists at two different Exxon Research and Engineering Company sites.…

A QUESTIONNAIRE MEASURING ENROLLMENT OF POTENTIAL CLIENTS AND ADMINISTRATION OF PUBLIC SCHOOL ADULT GUIDANCE WAS SENT TO 50 CITIES. INFORMATION WAS RETURNED FROM 30 CITIES, AND INCLUDED DATA ON ADMINISTRATION, PUBLICITY, FINANCING, COUNSELING, TESTING, AND RECORDS. RESPONSES INDICATED COUNSELING SERVICES HAD BEEN OPERATING FOR A MEDIAN OF 10 YEARS…

These quarterly bulletins provide brief annotations of tests recently acquired by the Educational Testing Service Test Collection. The tests are grouped into four categories: (1) achievement; (2) aptitude; (3) personality, interest, attitudes, and opinions; (4) miscellaneous and sensory-motor. Entries of particular interest to those working with…

The Project PRIMES (Progress Research in Meeting Elementary Standards) system examines elementary schools in light of minimum standards set by the Ohio State Department of Education. This evaluation instrument includes sections on the use of test results, pupil evaluation, teacher profile, administrator strengths and weaknesses, instructional…

A series of studies on observer biases revealed that simply informing observers of experimental hypotheses does not produce observational data consonant with those hypotheses. However, questionnaire responses following an experiment with different induced expectations does produce global data consonant with experimental hypotheses. In addition, if…

A recently developed instrument for the assessment of teachers' attitudes toward individualized reading was tested for unidimentionality using the Guttman model. The Sample was selected with the intention of maximizing item variability and thus scalability. None of the concepts in the instrument attained the minimum necessary coefficient of…

The ability of respondents to properly execute Thurstone scaling procedures as opposed to Likert scaling procedures was investigated in a sample of high school students. Results indicate difficulty among respondents using Thurstone-type instructions to resist giving Likert-type responses. (JKS)

The Adaptech Research Network in collaboration with our partners recently completed three studies whose goal was to explore obstacles and facilitators to college studies and examine what happens to college graduates with and without disabilities a year after graduation. Participants were: 182 graduates with and 1304 without disabilities from three…

Investigated compensatory education teachers' opinions/attitudes toward the Florida minimum competency program. Compensatory education, math, and English teachers from semi-rural (N=67) and urban (N=200) areas were surveyed by questionnaires mailed to their homes. Results focus on value of the approach, program implementation, and unanticipated…

Illustrates variation affecting the position of pronouns in complex verb phrases among native French speakers. Describes the methods used to verify the hypothesis that there exists a correlation between individual hesitation and lack of consensus in the community. Analyzes data from questionnaires administered to 551 persons in Switzerland and…

Results of a survey of 200 parents attending baby and child clinics in North Wales show that parents know less about language development than about other areas of child development. Results suggest that both monolingual and bilingual parents and their children would benefit from improved information on how to facilitate language development. (43…

Discusses the correlation between corporate performance and the use of information technology. Tests a model that was based on management information systems literature. Examines system effectiveness, user information satisfaction, organizational conversion, top management commitment, and organizational climate. Discusses testing in Austrian and…

Focuses on an undergraduate student project which asked students to write a paper based on their examination of age preferences indicated by writers of personal advertisements appearing in newspapers. Reports on the student responses to this project using a questionnaire. Examines the student scores on the final examination for the course. (CMK)