The inventory is designed to measure seven dimensions of value based on seven categories of needs: physiological; safety; love; esteem; aesthetic; self-actualization; and aggression. Each item was pretested and checked for validity and reliability. Two test formats, each containing 30 items, were prepared: a single picture format in which the…

Although there have been great changes in the musical scene in the past 15 years, such as development of creative music-making and instrumental playing and new ways of testing musical experience and knowledge, it is only very recently that specific accomodation for music has begun to be included in the design of school buildings. This set of…

Someone who wants to measure affect in a local setting must construct his own instrument since there are few if any such instruments available from outside sources. The Thurstone attitude test constitutes one alternative operational definition of affect which can be used to accomplish this measurement task. There is a large array of specific…

Hearings on Mexican American education, held for 4 days in August of 1970 before the Senate Select Committee on Equal Educational Opportunity, are recorded in this publication. Witnesses before the committee included Mexican American educators from California and Texas. Presentations by these witnesses emphasized such areas as language and…

Several recently developed measurement instruments, the General Aptitude Test Battery (GATB), the Comparative Guidance and Placement Program (CGP), the Kuder Occupational Interest Survey (DD), the Ohio Vocational Interest Survey (OVIS), and the Gordon Occupational Check List, are considered in connection with guidance testing for occupational…

It is noted in this article that Mexican American children, comprising the largest minority student group in the Southwest (17% of the total enrollment), have been neglected both educationally and legally. Thus, "Cisneros v. Corpus Christi Independent School District" (1970), which established Mexican Americans as an identifiable ethnic…

The results of a survey conducted to determine the perception of teachers of the climate surrounding the administration of the Iowa Tests of Educational Development (ITED) are presented. The results are related to the following two questions: (1) Do teachers feel that the test results are being used by teachers, administrators, and counselors? (2)…

The methods of examining in the sixth form of secondary education in England and Wales is the basis for discussion by subject committees of the Schools Council. Special reference is made to internal examinations, oral assessments, teacher's assessments, the relaxing of the time limits for examination, and the use of aids during examinations. The…

An annotated bibliography of instruments designed to assess attitudes, behaviors, practices, knowledge, and correlations in the area of drugs (other than nicotine and alcohol) are described. Some of the instruments described are for use with general populations of students or adults and others are appropriate only for use with drug addicted or…

It was hypothesized that a reliable and valid measure of the psychological adjustment of clergymen could be obtained by constructing a sentence completion test. The items were designed to measure the following six areas: (1) self-perception, (2) interpersonal relations, (3) psychosexual maturity, (4) priesthood, (5) Church-faith, and (6) job…

Some of the general considerations and requirements for the establishment of a testing policy and procedures for a large education system are presented. Testing policy is considered necessary to establish a common understanding of the position of testing in the education program, the facilitation of the use of tests for academic gain, and to…

The possibilities of influence of the race of testers on the intellectual performance of children were investigated. A four factorial design, with two response measures--the digit span and block design subtests of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children--was employed. These data were gathered on students enrolled in a black and white…

A report is given of student learning outcomes investigated over a one and one half year period on the Spanish Dame School Project. This project provided instruction in Spanish and English for approximately 100 children between the ages of three and six. A pretest-posttest control group design was used involving eight groups. Four tests were used…

Content and task dimensions of language arts items were studied using factor analytic techniques. These items were developed to measure concept attainment using a completely crossed design with 30 concepts and 12 tasks. Conventional factor analyses were performed, separately for boys and girls, for concept scores and for task scores. Three-mode…

The problem of this study was to determine the effect of an inservice education program of evaluation on school-based personnel in Escambia County, Florida, as measured by cognitive testing (knowledge) and affective (attitudinal) instrumentation. In addition, the determination of the specific objectives, met, or not met, by inservice participants…