At the eighth Western Regional Conference on Testing Problems, the following speeches were given: (1) "Background for Recent Curriculum Developments" by Ralph W. Tyler; (2) "Recent Curriculum Developments in Mathematics" by Robert E. K. Rourke; (3) "Recent Curriculum Developments in Science" by Kenneth E. Davis; (4) "Changes in Measurement as a…

Over one thousand books and articles published between 1942 and 1973 are listed in this bibliography. These citations are concerned not only with discriminatory testing, interviewing and recruiting processes, but also with efforts on the part of employers to overcome these problems. Emphasis is placed on discrimination in the employment and…

The author summarizes and reviews seven research studies which seek to determine the role of individual modal preference as related to learning to read. The seven studies are by Bateman (1968); Robinson (1968); Jones (1970); Bruininks (1968); Cripe (1966); de Hirsh, Jansky, and Langford (1966); and Bursuk (1971). Of these studies, only Bursuk…

Retroactive inhibition, a loss of memory due to learning other materials between recall and exposure to the original materials, was investigated in relation to prose. Two variables were manipulated in the study: similarity of interpolated stories (dissimilar or similar), and the response requirements (completion-recall or multiple-choice). The 190…

Over forty articles dealing with studies of affective variables were analyzed in this report of the Elementary School Subcommittee of the National Council on Measurement in Education's Task Force on Measurement of Affective Outcomes. The measurement problems were of both a theoretical and practical nature. The greatest practical problem is…

The efficiency of the Revised Denver Developmental Screening Test an easily administered measure of four areas of infant and preschool development, was evaluated using an estimate of the base rate of mental retardation in the screening population. (Author/CL)

The effects of repeaters (testees included in both administrations of two forms of a test) on the test equating process are examined. It is shown that repeaters do effect test equating and tend to lower the cutoff point for passing the test. (JKS)

Emrick's proposed method for determining a mastery level cut-off score is questioned. Emrick's method is shown to be useful only in limited situations. (JKS)

Test-anxious subjects (N=19) participated in an outcome study comparing systematic desensitization, cue-controlled relaxation, and no treatment. The treatment groups demonstrated significant improvement on the self-report measures of test and state anxiety but not on the behavioral indices. The potential advantages of this technique over…

After being given either achievement-orienting or neutral instructions, subjects waited for an undesignated period of time and then performed an intellective task. Evidence is presented supporting the hypothesis that highly anxious persons under stress experience cognitive interference and preoccupation that makes time pass slowly and results in…

Two approaches for determining the optimal number of choices for a test item, presently in the literature, are compared with two new approaches. (Author)

In evaluating the Northwestern Syntax Screening Test (a test for assessing expressive and receptive grammar in preschool and primary age children), the author points out problems with the test norms, reliability, and validity. (SBH)

The author responds to W. Arndt's criticisms of the Northwestern Syntax Screening Test, a test for assessing receptive and expressive grammar in young children. (SBH)

Discrepancies between the mental age (MA) scores and the mean performance of chronological age (CA) groups in the latest revision of the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale are noted. A table is presented for converting published Stanford-Binet MA scores into MA scores that are congruent with the above definition. (Author)

An experiment in which a medical school's behavioral sciences midterm and final examinations were unproctored and corresponding physiology and neuroscience exams were proctored found, by anonymous questionnaires, that more behavioral science students cheated or observed cheating, while only two reported it officially. (MSE)