To assess the utility and reliability of Bender test recall in children, 304 children (ages 5 through 14) were individually administered the copy and recall phases using Koppitz's directions. The recall phase was judged to be of doubtful utility in assessing intellectual functioning in children. (Author/SJL)

The choice of a particular reading comprehension passage and testing procedure, whether in research or practice, does not allow generalization to other operational definitions of reading comprehension, suggesting serious limitations in most contemporary reading comprehension research and testing. (JD)

The article discusses two subtests of the Detroit Tests of Learning Aptitude: the Disarranged Pictures subtest which measures visual perception, and Memory for Designs, which assesses recall and reproduction of abstract visual presentation. Diagnostic and prescriptive considerations are reviewed. (CL)

The paper presents information regarding the major components of a basic audiologic test battery and the effects of hearing impairment on certain areas of development. (Author)

Improving achievement testing depends on advances in the conceptualization of the skill domains on which student achievement is assessed. Discussed are the nature, elements, and construction of necessary frameworks for the skill domains of interest. Construction includes strategies for determining component skills, interrelationships among…

Reviews literature showing that formal instruction dealing with the process of how to take tests has been generally effective with students ranging from the prekindergarten through the high school level. (Author/FL)

Threshold variability across repeated measures (N=10) was observed at 250 and 1,000 Hz with five severely hearing-impaired preschool children. Results indicated that variability at 1,000 Hz was within a 10 dB range (except for one measure) across Ss, while variability at 250 Hz was substantially larger, even though false positive responses to…

Competency testing can provide helpful information to educators and the public. (Author)

Immediate post-testing of high school students after they studied a prose passage improved their memory significantly. (JD)

Describes a self-instructional practice test utilizing negative-image slides of multiple choice questions and subsequent correct answer slides to provide immediate feedback. (RAO)

Examines linguistic, psychometric, and clinical aspects of the Test for Sentence Development, a subtest of a new Dutch language production battery, the Schlichting Test voor Taalproductie. The advantage of the new test is that very young children can be assessed systematically, which was not possible previously. (Author/VWL)

Examined the extent to which years of exposure to a language, amount of language input at home and at school, and amount of exposure to reading and other literacy activities in a language relate to observed bilingual performance in young children as obtained from teacher and parent reports. (VWL)

Discusses the problems and successes encountered in implementing a Web-based registration and administration system for credit-by-examination in a required graduate course, detailing the ways in which this system improves upon its paper-based predecessor. (EV)

Guidelines are provided for cardiovascular fitness testing of moderately or higher functioning severely retarded individuals. (IAH)

This article discusses the public health dangers associated with radon exposure in homes and schools. In addition, testing and corrective efforts by federal and state agencies are discussed. A map indicating areas in the U.S. with potentially high radon levels is included. (IAH)