Intended for parents and teachers of gifted students (preschool through graduate level), the document provides descriptions in "lay language" of tests used as identification and screening measures in gifted and talented programing. Explained in an introductory section are such concepts as IQ, various uses for tests, types of standardized…

Two groups of continuing education students were tested using three of Viktor Lowenfeld's tests of visual-haptic perception. The scores from the three tests were added to yield a score which identified an individual's location on Lowenfeld's visual-haptic continuum. The investigation also uncovered scoring problems with two of the tests which had…

Piaget's and Inhelder's Three Mountain Task and Witkin's Children's Embedded Figures Test were given to a group of 80 Nigerian boys aged 7 through 10 years. (GO)

Measures of multivariate reliability were calculated for profiles of Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC) subscales on three age groups. Profile dimensions based on reliability considerations were established and matched across age groups and with factor analytic dimensions. WISC was found to measure general ability and verbal and…

Items constructed like those of Mednick's Remote Associates Test (RAT) fall into distinct categories, which are shown to interact significantly with subjects and with subject groups determined on the basis of performance. Some doubts are cast on the validity of the RAT. A similar 16-item test is included. (Author/JKS)

Details the development of item pools, or collections of test exercises, including specifying the domain of content; collecting/writing items; pilot testing; and publishing. Implications of item pools for guidance workers are presented. (BP)

The drawings of 32 poliomyelitis patients and their matched controls were examined to see whether figure drawings primarily reflect the subject's projection of psychological state, ability to draw, or some combination of these two factors. Quality of drawing may at times be the overwhelming determinant of clinical and research findings.…

Fabricated test protocols were used to study how effectively examiners agree in scoring ambiguous WISC-R responses. The results suggest that, even with the improved WISC-R manual, scoring remains a difficult and challenging task. (Author)

Vocational rehabilitation counselors made estimates of client test data and made clinical judgments about client planning based on interview information only. Comparisons with actual test results showed only mixed support for estimating ability. There was high agreement, however, between counselor judgments and judgments based on test battery…

The history of standardized testing is examined, and various problems with test content, testing processes, and statistical applications of test results are discussed. (MJB)

The interaction of subjects with test items is investigated. It is suggested that psychometricians rely too heavily on inferences about the nature of the interaction. An approach to data analysis is proposed which is more directly related to this interaction. (JKS)

The concept of selection ratios was illustrated for large clinical settings. Four Draw-A-Person (DAP) variables were used to predict intelligence in a sample of 601 institutionalized addicts. Results indicate that a test with low predictability across the entire distribution can often be used quite effectively for identifying poor or excellent…

The construction of test items, the purposes of testing and criterion-referenced testing are topics debated by two researchers. (CP)

The author argues that by ignoring evolutionary considerations, the intelligence testing movement has precluded continued development, and in order to regain momentum it must engage in theoretical and empirical research to accommodate those considerations. (MB)