Drawing on work from a number of disciplines, this volume brings together experimental and theoretical information relevant to the problems of assessing children's reading comprehension. After a short introduction, the first section defines reading comprehension, presenting theoretical issues intended to provide an understanding of what is being…

Noting that in recent years testing has fallen into disrepute, this paper demonstrates how the construction, use, and validation of tests, if adequately conceived, can increase the level of knowledge about the intricate nature of the reading processes. The first section of the paper discusses the measurement process and the process of test…

This document, prepared as a conference handout, consists of a description of the revised General Educational Development (GED) Tests scheduled for introduction in 1988 and a series of recommendations concerning the content of future GED tests, which were formulated by a committee appointed by the Commission on Educational Credit and Credentials…

This paper examines the implications of recent theory and research in cognitive psychology for the understanding and assessment of intelligence. Three major themes are developed. The first has to do with how changes in the social and educational climate for testing can influence the conception of intellectual compentence and the technology of…

Twelfth in a series of catalogues of documents related to the teaching of foreign languages obtainable from the Educational Resources Information Center. (RL)

Two hundred and seventy-one boys and girls randomly sampled from the fourth to eighth grades in an urban center and a rural town in Korea were administered an embedded figure test and a test of conceptual styles. The urban children showed higher field-independence scores and higher analytic conceptualization. The two cognitive variables were…

Presents a brief description of a study done to assess the impact of the use of calculators during examination, showing that the use of the instruments did play a major role in chemistry grade determination. (EB)

Criticizing the existing system of using a single mark or grade to describe a person's accomplishments, the author also indicates where alternatives should possibly be implemented. In testing, a question should be judged solely upon performance against a set of previously specified criteria. No more pass marks per se. (EB)

Describes a student-designed project to determine the increase in tension level among secondary school students induced by the prospect of having to take school examinations. (PB)

The widespread availability of pocket electronic calculators raises issues with respect to some goals of the current curriculum and with regard to testing practices. (SD)