The adaptation of the Projective Tests of Attitudes (PTOA) for use with adults is described. The revised test forms are appended. (CR)

A review of the use and abuse, it is stated, of tests administered to qualify persons for employment, focusing on their effect on equal opportunity, noting that most debates on fair tests use revolve around a conflict in value systems -- those which emphasize merit, and seek to minimize errors of selection, versus those which emphasize equality.…

This article discusses the development of new tests which relate to a specific context and the role of teachers in test development and selection. (Text is in German.) (Author/AM)

Based on research supported by U.S. Office of Education Contract No. OEC-5-10-154.

Report of a panel discussion presented in a General Meeting at the Annual Conference of the National Association of Independent Schools, February 1969.

One of a series of reports on the International Project for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (in Mathematics).

The Langugage Proficiency Assessment Committees (LPACs) authorized by Congress were given the responsibility of assessing limited-English-speaking students within a school district and making placement recommendations regarding these students to the local school board. This packet consists of a variety of materials, mostly handouts to assist in…

Instructors of 41 Navy electronics "C" courses were presented with a list of 70 mathematics skills and asked to indicate: (1) how important they were to successful course performance, and (2) whether required skills were prerequisite to, reviewed in, or taught in the course. Based on results obtained, a mathematical skills test was…

In the study "Public and Private Schools," the conclusions by James Coleman and others that private schools produce higher test scores and do so by employing certain school policies are not valid because the methods and interpretations used in the analysis fall below the standards for social-scientific research. Moreover, the conclusions…

To make training cost-effective for its small systems customers, Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) is providing self-instructional packages that can be used by customers on-site for training people to run their systems. To control the quality of this training, Computer Managed Instruction (CMI) is now incorporated into some of these packages.…

The Laboratory Structure and Task Analysis Inventory (LAI) is an instrument designed to facilitate the analysis of laboratory investigations in secondary school science. It yields a quantitative picture of the kinds of activities required of a student in performing laboratory investigations. The report includes guidelines for the use of the…