Testing handicapped students for admissions purposes raises several critical issues related to the accessibility of the admissions testing process, the content of admission tests, their predictive validity, and the preadmission identification of disabled students. (Author/CL)

Briefly discusses problems resulting from increased emphasis on test scores as measures of schools' effectiveness. (RH)

Test results of 80 gifted four-six year olds confirmed the accuracy of parent recommendation, the high ability and achievement levels of the children, and their variability within achievement. Program adaptations included more mathematics teaching, individualized instruction, parent meetings, and allowance for inadequate handwriting skills and…

The article raises questions about assessment of special needs students who are ready to leave school, notes the main stages of assessment (pre-entry, during the course, and end-of-course assessment), and stresses the need for further staff development. (CL)

Thirty elementary school children in regular, gifted, and learning disabled-gifted programs were examined on three receptive language tests. Analysis of variance indicated that the "Token Test for Children" differentiated learning disabled-gifted, and the "Detroit Tests of Learning Aptitude, Verbal Absurdities Subtest"…

These papers are on the subjects of playing field standards, surface traction, testing and correlation to actual field experience, and state-of-the-art natural and artificial surfaces. The papers, presented at the Symposium on the Characteristics and Safety of Playing Surfaces (Artificial and Natural) for Field Sports in 1998, cover the…

Plans for an inexpensive easily constructed portable apparatus for one-way observation are presented. (WY)

Performance contracting may place new power in the hands of students. (LR)

A review of The Development of the Concept of Space in the Child by Monique Laurendeau and Adrien Pinard. (dS)