Presented are brief descriptions of approximately 140 tests suitable for children under 6 years of age and 10 measures for use with parents. Tests for children are indexed by age range in months, by skills tested (language, cognition, self help, social-affective, visual motor, and physical health,) and whether the test is designed for use in…

One hundred fifty-seven trainable children (aged 7 to 14 years) in 24 classes were given language stimulation based on the Illinois Test of Psycholinguitic Abilities (ITPA) four or eight times a week for a 1 year period. Also examined were the effects of high and low IQ. Measures used were the ITPA, the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test, and the…

The purpose of this study was to ascertain if the American College Test (ACT) that is widely used for student assessment in American colleges and universities can be used as a screening instrument at the University of the Philippines. The design utilized correlational and discriminatory techniques for data involving academic factors, and computer…

The appendix to the report of the Santa Cruz Special Education Management System contains an article on labeling; a list of consultants; sample job descriptions and catalyst cards; a list of assessment tools used to develop the Behavioral Characteristics Progression (BCP); and a bibliography. The article notes limitations imposed by conventional…

This study attempted to determine if performance on Piagetian tasks can be predicted from Stanford-Binet mental age or IQ. Subjects were 143 children of bright, average, and retarded abilities as measured by performance on the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Test. Bright and average children were chronologically aged five to seven years; retarded…

A summary of legislation concerning educational accountability reveals that 13 States hope to find greater accountability in testing or assessment programs, 7 in planning, programming, budgeting systems, 4 in uniform accounting system, 8 in the evaluation of professional employees, 2 in management information systems, and 1 in performance…

Although any definition of the educational philosophy of informal education is sure to be incomplete, for the purposes of this paper the following characteristics will be sufficient: a) informal British schools are "de-institutionalized"; b) they stress individualization; c) detailed observation of a child's work over a long period of time is the…

Data collected by testing every senior in 64 high schools affiliated with the Educational Research Council of America will be used as baseline data for science curriculum research and development. Students were randomly assigned one of the following tests: Iowa Tests of Educational Development--Test 2, General Background in the Natural Sciences;…

The purpose of this research study was to develop and test new instruments for assessing attitudes and coping responses to air pollution, and to gain insight into the factors influencing these attitudes and coping responses. Concern for air pollution was measured by two instruments a forced choice questionnaire which paired air pollution control…

This report reviews "Sesame Street's" development of procedure and materials for the 1970-1971 season with emphasis on the social goals of cooperation, conflict resolution, and realization of differing perspectives. These goals mark a departure from the first year of programing which emphasized cognitive learning objectives. Research…

Presented in this book is a series of papers on one of the most complex issues the Equal Employment Opportunities Commission has faced in the first 5 years of its operation. Employment testing represents a systemic problem in equal employment opportunity for minorities and women. Papers included in this document are "Testing of Minority Group…

Four questions concerning the relationship between results of cloze test scores and individual reading ability are investigated: (1) Is there a relationship between the cloze results and individual reading ability? (2) Should cloze tests be written at mean grade level? (3) Which provides higher correlations--giving credit for exact responses only…

Differentiation among gifted junior high students who score at the 98th or 99th percentile on in-grade achievement tests of quantitative abilities can be accomplished by administering a test normally given to older students such as the College Entrance Examination Board's Scholastic Aptitude Test-Mathematical (SAT-M). SAT-M scores of 396 7th, 8th,…

This study investigated the 3-year effect of a field-based teacher education program, which significantly decreased teacher-pupil ratio, upon elementary school children's learning in a midwestern city. A pretest/posttest design controlling for the testing situation, the teacher, the school, and the ability of subjects (Ss) grade levels in both an…

The findings of a preliminary field test of the motivation package, Setting Individual Goals for Learning, are reported. In Phase I of the field test, 58 principals, unit leaders, and teachers showed gains in their knowledge of motivational principles and procedures after participating in a goal-setting in-service training session. To see whether…