Article explores four selected strategies of achievement test development, with implications of their application, including the use of information generated by each alternative. (Author)

Handicapped students' scores on timed and untimed editions of the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) were studied. Of the approximately 1800 students studied, 79 percent were learning disabled. Handicapped students' performance improved with extended time, the increase being greater than that for nonhandicapped students tested with extra time.…

Behavioral assessment is seen as a way of individualizing programing for special needs pupils by obtaining information (through such techniques as self-monitoring, direct observation, and permanent product review) and evaluating information (social validation and single-case research designs). (CL)

Performance of 286 normal children (grades K-9) on the De Renzi and Faglioni form of the Token Test and the De Renzi and Ferrari Reporter's Test were analyzed. Two different scoring conventions were compared: number correct versus weighted scores. Normative data are presented by grade level and age. Specific administration and scoring procedures…

A comparison of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised (WISC-R) and the Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children (K-ABC) with 37 mentally retarded children revealed that the WISC-R Full Scale IQ resulted in scores significantly lower than the K-ABC Mental Processing Composite. (CL)

Discrepancy scores for four global scales and the Nonverbal Scale were examined for the Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children using the standardization sample as the data source. The range of subtest scores and the profile variability of subtest scores were determined for each sex, race, and age level. (Author/CL)

Effects of two methods of test-taking behavior on performances were compared. Further study is in order of the hypothesis that students who take exams in small groups working for a common grade will perform better then when taking exams individually. (Author/JB)

A review of Measurement and Evaluation in the Schools (Macmillan, 1970) by Louis J. Karmel. (CK)

Two recent decisions -- one a New York defeat by Federal Court degree, the other a California victory by stipulation -- indicate the pitfalls and promise of legal attacks on school practices in the special education area. (Author)