A classroom test is a work sample of all the behaviors the student must master in a given curriculum or part of the curriculum. Student performance on this sample enables the teacher to generalize concerning progress and mastery in the portion from which the sample is drawn. Each behavior to be mastered demands a suitable test or test items…

Testing is a commonly used method of evaluating student achievement. In addition, results from testing are often intended to be useful as feedback to the student, helping him to identify his areas of achievement and deficiency. In a typical class, a test on a given unit is administered once at a time when it is believed most students should be…

Performance contracting, and some reservations thereto, are discussed as related to the present movement. The reservations are related to: (1) Accountability; (2) Individualized Teaching; (3) Extrinsic Rewards; (4) Testing; and (5) The Corruption of Both Language and the Process of Education. (DB)

Developed by the National Consortia for Bilingual Education, this list of tests representing 72 Title VII projects includes commercially published tests, tests developed by the projects themselves, and tests designed by other entities such as educational laboratories, school districts, and state agencies. Each test is described in terms of the…

The stability of eight attachment behaviors was investigated in two samples of infants. One sample observed at 10 and 14 months of age, the other sample at 14 and 18 months. For each testing period, the infants were observed during two sessions: (a) in the presence of the mother; and (b) before, during, and after a brief separation experience.…

One of the big problems in migrant education is the need to determine quickly the educational level of the student so that his learning progress can continue as he moves from one school to another. Normative-referenced tests provide little help for the teacher. The author describes a new type of test (the criterion-referenced test), soon to be…

Measures of state and trait anxiety were given to aviation officer candidates (AOC's) with the usual instructions as well as with instructions to answer as if each had just made his first landing on an aircraft carrier. Significant differences were sought when comparing the experimental group to college students. (Author)

The auditory discrimination ability of pupils who are generally classified as "socioeconomically" or "culturally" disadvantaged is the subject of recent research. The concept of the disadvantaged child that has auditory discrimination difficulties--and associated with them problems in reading and perhaps even speaking--was quickly and widely…

This study examines the fakability of the Edwards Personality Inventory (EPI). Results indicate that Edwards was not successful in his attempts to control for social desirability. (CK)

A number of documents described in this report will be produced over the next three years, and will serve to assist LEAs and SEAs in performing their duties more effectively: (1) legislative enactments in accountability from the Wisconsin Department of Education; (2) criterion standards from Florida; (3) accountability models, including the…

In an investigation of the accuracy of self-evaluation on test performance, 210 junior high school science students were asked to predict their scores before and after taking each unit test. Absolute differences between the two predictions and actual scores were the random variables analyzed. Analysis of variance and Markov chain analyses revealed…

This is a presentation of a new method for interpreting the Ohio Vocational Interest Survey (OVIS) using visuals. The OVIS, administered in 43 high schools in San Diego County, California, was intended to complement the existing school guidance and counseling programs by providing the students with their measured and expressed occupational…

THIS STUDY WAS CONCERNED WITH THE NATURE AND RELATIONSHIPS AMONG THE COGNITIVE FACTORS, ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS, AND THEIR PERSONALITY AND ACADEMIC CORRELATES. ENTERING FRESHMEN AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN WERE TESTED WITH A BATTERY OF NINE TESTS TO OBTAIN THE DATA REQUIRED FOR ANALYSIS. SUSPECTED CONTAMINATION OF THE TEST RESULTS DUE TO…

Discusses the practice of maintaining separation between the experimenter and the subjects during scientific experiments and suggests that the dialectical interdependence between them is the very basis upon which psychological inquiries should rest. Some practical and theoretical remedies are explored. (JMB)

Discussed are four reasons for testing in accounting, the grading of achievement and attitudes, the use of three kinds of tests (short-answer, problem, and essay), and a mechanism for grading (accumulation of points). (MS)