The effects of delaying an immediate test, a rehearsal opportunity, or a second presentation on long-term free recall were investigated in an experiment combining features of the Brown-Peterson and free-recall paradigms. A proposed model assumes that both repetitions and tests promote learning. (CHK)

Evaluates "Children and their Primary Schools: Report of the Central Advisory Council for Education" otherwise known as England's Plowden Report, ten years after its publication in order to learn what areas of the report show the most educational progress. (RK)

The WISC, Piagetian logico-mathematical and representational space tasks, the Frostig DTVP and a motor ability test were administered to elementary children at 3 age and arithmetic achievement levels to determine whether specific patterns of cognitive and/or spatial development were related to arithmetic achievement and whether patterns varied…

A program that is used to assist students in overcoming the deficiencies in basic skills in mathematics without making major changes in existing mathematics programs is described. (JT)

Four alternatives to the traditional testing and grading procedures are described. (JT)

Last in a series, this article focuses on reporting and using the outcomes of the examination for the Nuffield Advanced Chemistry Project. Discusses accuracy, reliability and validity estimates, and curriculum validity; provides detailed information about student attainment. Roles of examinations in evaluation and development of school curricula…

Several teaching conditions were employed with weekly testing or midterm-final testing used in each. Academic performance of students was found to differ significantly as a function of both teaching conditions and testing methods. Post-course student evaluation was significantly different as a function of the two schedules. (Author/DEP)

Suggests that giving students two copies of a language test allows the student the opportunity to check his answers, know his results immediately, and possibly add points to his original score through self-correction. (CHK)

This article reports the results of an experiment by college graduate students to measure the knowledge gained from reading selected Federal Reserve Bank Review articles as compared to reading the scholarly literature on which the Review articles were based. (Author/JR)

An approach to staging examinations that uses dramaturgical techniques to achieve fairness and prevent cheating has also been found to communicate important messages about the values of individualism and universalism and emphasize reward on the basis of equal competition. (MSE)

Describes voluntary testing for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in a residential substance abuse treatment program; highlights discussion group involving 5 clients who tested positive for HIV. Notes that clients in HIV groups dropped out of treatment at significantly lower percentages than clients in general, indicating HIV identification…

The authors criticize an article by John Carrol in the February 1987 "Phi Delta Kappan" in which he discussed the Reading Proficiency Scale issued by the National Assessment of Educational Progress. They feel the Reading Proficiency Scale has limited usefulness. Includes 21 references. (Author/MD)

Argues there is limited research data about student knowledge of economic concepts at the secondary school education level. Describes the development, validation, and national norming of the revised Test of Economic Literacy (TEL) and presents findings from the 1986 pretest analysis of the revised TEL. (BSR)

This study sought to determine the effect taking an objective final examination by microcomputer would have upon student cognitive performance; the effect this method of testing would have on student attitudes about computers immediately after the examination; and whether this method of testing would require more time than conventional…

The purpose of the present paper is to derive linear equating methods for the common item nonequivalent populations design from explicitly stated congeneric type test score models. The equating methods developed are compared with previously developed methods and applied to five professionally constructed examinations administered to approximately…