The first of two short articles describes the American Association for the Advancement of Science elementary school program; the other describes an experimental school-based testing program for the assessment of biology students in England for the award of certificate offered by an external examinations' board. (AL)

The U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Griggs v. Duke Power Company (1971) will have important effects on industrial personnel practices. The decision will do much to make qualification the all important factor in hiring and selection, and will tend to make race, religion, nationality, and sex irrelevant factors. (Author)

Examples of items on a test used to measure mathematical understanding are given. This article concludes the series; for previous articles see Volume 1 Number 5 July 1972 and Volume 1 Number 6 September 1972. (DT)

Relates the use of study guides and academic achievement. (JS)

White society makes the white man's presence a source of anxiety to many blacks, generates role prescriptions for blacks' behavior, produces black hostility and white prejudice that create distance between blacks and whites. Further in-depth research is needed to identify precise effects of radical encounters and attitudes. (Author/JB)

Paper drawn from a doctoral dissertation completed under the direction of Dorothy Sherman. (JJ)

Article describes new materials testing laboratory course which introduces the student to fundamental concepts of experimentation. (IR)