When interpreting the results of a norm-referenced testing program, the availability of several expectations of test scores is desirable. Toward this objective, academic aptitude test data (the Short Form Test of Academic Aptitude) and school socioeconomic data were collected from the participants in the 1970 standardization of the California…

The desirable characteristics of criterion referenced test items and sets of items are described. A two-stage item tryout and item selection procedure are also described. The paper presents the results of using the procedure as compared with traditional item selection procedures used in selecting items for norm referenced tests. It was found that…

The design of a school anxiety questionnaire is described. The model predicts a maximal relationship between anxiety and performance when type of anxiety potential, type of stress, and type of behavior are in parallel. The test, developed with intermediate school children, is a five scale 105 item multiple choice questionnaire with responses on a…