The consistency by which shared abilities are assessed on three intelligence tests was investigated. Instruments under consideration include: the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised, the Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children, and the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale-Fourth Edition. A list of shared abilities and the subtests…

The paper reviews studies (1966-1985) of the intellectual abilities of culturally diverse 4-5 year olds in a discussion of the identification of giftedness in culturally diverse populations. Studies are cited which involved Mexican American, Black, Native American, French Canadian, and Belgian students. The following six topics are addressed: (1)…

Discusses two papers on university test validity and presents rational standards for researchers working on test validity. (PG)

Four essential dimensions of a performance test are detailed: directness of test method, type of criterion, standardization of conditions, and objectivity of scoring. For simplicity these factors are described as if each were dichotomous, when in actuality each is a continuum; a test method may be more or less direct, conditions more or less…

The paper describes development of the Minneapolis Preschool Screening Instrument (MPSI), a measure for identifying children needing preschool intervention. The measure was designed to be brief to administer, inexpensive and simple enough so that both professionals and nonprofessionals could quickly learn administration and scoring. A…

A STUDY WAS CONDUCTED TO DETERMINE CHANGES IN SCORE CHARACTERISTICS RELATED TO VARIOUS CONDITIONS OF SPEEDEDNESS WHEN A TEST IS PRESENTED VISUALLY BY PROJECTING ONE ITEM AT A TIME. THIS METHOD OF STUDY IS POTENTIALLY USEFUL FOR PRESENTING TEST MATERIALS BY TELEVISION. THE TOTAL SCORE AND PART SCORE DATA REVEALED HIGH RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE…

Issues relevant to the nature of attitudes are discussed. The reader is referred to works indexing a variety of existent attitude scales. The way in which one constructs, administers, scores, interprets, and presents findings of an original attitude measuring device is discussed comprehensively, and yet in a nontechnical fashion for…

Issues related to the evaluation of instructional programs developed under the auspices of the Southwest Educational Development Laboratory are briefly discussed. The Laboratory develops criterion-referenced tests which form an integral part of each instructional program. The importance of examining the reliability and validity of these tests is…

Reliability and validity data are reported for a questionnaire measure of individual differences in dominance-submissiveness. The 48-item questionnaire, which was balanced for response bias, had high internal consistency and correlated highly with other available measure of dominance. (Author/JKS)

A method to improve personality inventory validity by presenting positively keyed items from a single trait in descending order of endorsement and encouraging subjects to respond in terms of the resulting Guttman scale is presented. Experimental results show increases in reliability and validity. (Author/JKS)

The Personal Attribute Inventory was compared to the Adjective Check List as a measure of self concept on a sample of college students. The Personal Attribute Inventory showed strong correlation to two subscales of the Adjective Check List, and more stability over time. (JKS)

The Slosson Intelligence Test and the Shipley Institute of Living Scale were administered in a test-retest fashion to a sample of undergraduates. Correlations between the instruments were moderate and reliabilities for the instruments were moderate to low. (JKS)