Tests for assessing critical thinking skills or abilities are reviewed in order to: (1) compare various measures and provide a critical review of each instrument; (2) encourage researchers to refine them; and (3) identify problems in measuring critical thinking by analyzing weaknesses in the tests. The publication is divided into two sections: a…

A SERIES OF STUDIES SOUGHT TO ASCERTAIN (1) INTER- AND INTRA-RATER RELIABILITY FOR THE HARRIS-GOODENOUGH DRAW-A-MAN TEST, (2) DRAW-A-MAN (DAM) VALIDITY, AND DRAW-A-WOMAN (DAW) VALIDITY. THE DRAWINGS OF 72 STUDENTS IN AN UPPER MIDDLE CLASS WERE SCORED INDEPENDENTLY BY TWO SELF-TAUGHT SCORERS, ONE OF WHOM ALSO RESCORED THE TEST A WEEK LATER. THE…

This study, involving 131 students in grades ten, eleven, and twelve, investigated the effects of order of administration of subtests on scores from the Nelson-Denny Reading Test. Results indicated that order of administration had no significant effect on scores from the vocabulary subtest or on the total test score, but subjects taking the…

In this self-concept scale for adolescents based on Havighurst's developmental task, the person is asked to read a paragraph which explains the task and to report the way he sees and feels about his ability to achieve the task in relation to what he can do, what others do, and what it takes to be successful at the task. Response is on a scale of…

Plans are outlined for developing measurement techniques and testing programs to determine the success or failure of the program objectives in the cognitive and attitude areas of the Mountain-Plains program. In the cognitive area a criterion-referenced approach will be used, in spite of problems associated with reliability. Item pools will be…

The differential Value Profile (DVP) was first published in the spring of 1963. The instrument grew out of the author's doctoral dissertation in which he reports its method of construction, some underlying psychological theory, its basic validation attempts, and internal consistency. Since its inception, the DVP has been used in many educational…

The purpose of this document was to present the development and validation of an instrument to be utilized by local inservice education coordinators in the evaluation of career education inservice training programs. It is proposed that the instrument, the Career Education Concept Inventory (CECI), can be used to provide a measure of understandings…

Described is the Quick Neurological Screening Test (QNST), a measure of "soft" neurological signs frequently associated with learning disabilities, and discussed are research findings on the QNST. The QNST is said to provide classroom teachers with a method for identifying children whose learning disabilities are caused by neurological…

The objective of the study was the development and analysis of an instrument which assesses student attitudes toward school, work, self, and others. This objective ll5 item instrument was refined into an 80 item Student Attitude Survey which has documented qualities related to administration, processing, reliability, and validity. The revised…

The use and validity of the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test and the Slooson Intelligence Test as screening devices when compared to the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children was studied in 36 mentally retarded adolescents. (Author)

Staff members of the Psychology department at the University of Oregon rated each other's height on five rating scales representative of those found in social psychology. Average ratings proved to be very good estimates of height. (Author/JKS)

A computer simulation study was conducted to investigate Subkoviak's index of reliability for criterion-referenced tests, called the coefficient of agreement. Results indicate that the index can be adequately estimated. (JKS)

Four different methods for estimating the proportions of testees properly classified as having mastered or not mastered test content are examined, using data from the Scholastic Aptitude Test. All four methods prove reasonably accurate and all show some bias under certain conditions. (JKS)

A procedure is developed for estimating correlations among new tests when non-overlapping sub-samples each are administered a different new test and all sub-samples are administered a set of standard tests. (JKS)

Test-retest reliability coefficients for the brief Career Ability Placement Survey and concurrent validity correlations against the Differential Aptitude Tests and the General Aptitude Test Battery are presented for samples of ninth and tenth grade students. (Author/JKS)