The pilot study investigates a method by which blind individuals might administer an abbreviated form of the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale. (Author/SBH)

Various testing-the-limits procedures were employed in administering the Raven Coloured Progressive Matrices test to 108 subjects with learning difficulties (age range 8.4 to 12.9 years). (Author)

Data reported here support the view that an increase in anxiety exerts an interfering effect on test performance and suggest that attempts should be made to minimize increases and to decrease anxiety levels of students on test days. (Author/JC)

Described are practical points for the organization of pediatric examinations. Emphasis is on organizing and conducting a structured examination after students have completed seven weeks of clinical pediatrics on the wards and final examinations. (RH)

Estimates of the effects of use of formula scoring on the individual examinee's score are presented. Results for easy, moderate, and hard tests are examined. Using test characteristics from several studies shows that some examinees would increase scores substantially if they were to answer items omitted under formula directions. (SLD)

This article reviews trends in sports organizations' drug testing policies and procedures for its members, including which drugs are tested, who gets tested within the organizations, when tests are conducted, and penalties for those who test positive. (CB)

Training in tests and measures and attitudes toward testing were related to teacher's use of tests. Results support the contention that teacher's use tests extensively, but that they do not produce high quality tests. Results are discussed in terms of curriculum changes. (RB)

Outlines results from a study of principals, assistant principals, and department chairpersons in the Southwest using a revised version of the Sources of Instructional Leadership Instrument. Includes four tables and two figures. (MD)

By comparing the profile of "g" loadings for a set of psychometric test scores, it is shown that general intelligence is related to timed performance measures from perceptual-motor tasks, more strongly on more complex tasks. The profile of the "g" loadings was predictable from the response-time (RT) psychometric test time correlations for four RT…

The author describes the use of the revised Detroit Tests of Learning Aptitude and the Woodcock-Johnson Psycho-Educational Battery for students with learning disabilities. He cautions about making a diagnosis on the basis of only one test. (CL)

The Symbolic Play Test was given to 31 socially impaired and 29 sociable elementary grade children retarded in language comprehension, of similar intelligence (profoundly retarded to normal). Play test age and spontaneous pretend play were similar in sociable Ss but, in the socially impaired, spontaneous pretend play was lower than play test age…

Microanalysis of test-related behaviors of six examiners and 15 preschool speech- and language-handicapped children revealed that the children spoke significantly more often with greater complexity when tested by familiar examiners. Differences between familiar and unfamiliar examiners included use of silence, eye contact, and language style and…

Fifteen learning disabled students (six to nine years old) scored significantly higher on the PIAT spelling subtest than on a dictated spelling test using identical words. Either approach, however, (selection or supply) ranked subjects similarly. (Author/CL)

A learning disability index (LDI) based on a principal components analysis of the Weschler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised normative data has been developed to depict verbal or nonverbal deficits on that test. Ss (N=1550) referred for educational difficulties returned mean scores on the LDI that were reliably different from expected scores…