Three major points covered by this report are (1) What are the demands for reading assessment and how have the demands increased?; (2) How adequately do present standardized reading tests meet these demands?; and (3) What possible approaches exist for developing assessment procedures which meet these demands? An extreme interest in finding out how…

General examinations of the College Level Examination Program (CLEP) were administered in Fall 1968 to 333 students who had entered the University of Washington as freshmen in Fall 1966 and had completed 80-100 credits by Spring 1968. The tests were conducted to measure proficiency in lower division studies, particularly in the areas of natural…

The literature on a priori and empirical weighting of test items and test-item options is reviewed. While multiple regression is the best known technique for deriving fixed empirical weights for component variables (such as tests and test items), other methods allow one to derive weights which equalize the effective weights of the component…

This paper will outline some of the ways in which the language of the test instrument can be a factor in affecting the performance of a given child or group of children on a test. In tests of quantitative intelligence, mathematical skills, conceptual knowledge, readiness and aptitude, it is not reasonable to think of the language of the test as a…

The testing sub-program is designed to provide the diagnostic instruments necessary to measure pupil progress through the Individually Prescribed Instruction (IPI) curricula. Its objectives are to provide information about pupils which teachers can use to direct each child's individual learning program, to provide the measurements necessary for…

Correlates that describe in part the variation of conditions under which learning is attempted are discussed. Each of these correlates is significantly related to student achievement. Categories into which the correlates are grouped are: Socioeconomic Status Variables (mother's occupation, father's occupation, mother's educational level, father's…

Double-entry expectancy tables are used to make admissions, guidance, or employment decisions based on two predictors. Examples of their use in showing relationships between high school and college performance are explained. The advantages of double-entry expectacy tables given are: (1) relative simplicity of preparation requiring no formal…

Two principles and one verbal technique provide a sound basis for communicating to students and their parents the information obtained from testing: (1) parents have the right to know whatever the school knows about the abilities, performance and problems of their children; (2) the school has the obligation to see that it communicated…

Procedures for the selection of gifted students through analysis and evaluation of test profiles are described in fictional form, using the activities and conversations of two counselors named Stan Devian and Norm Curve. The following principles were evolved: (1) a gifted student program must start with goals that are understood and accepted by…

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…

Presented in this book is a series of papers on one of the most complex issues the Equal Employment Opportunities Commission has faced in the first 5 years of its operation. Employment testing represents a systemic problem in equal employment opportunity for minorities and women. Papers included in this document are "Testing of Minority Group…

Differentiation among gifted junior high students who score at the 98th or 99th percentile on in-grade achievement tests of quantitative abilities can be accomplished by administering a test normally given to older students such as the College Entrance Examination Board's Scholastic Aptitude Test-Mathematical (SAT-M). SAT-M scores of 396 7th, 8th,…

Expectancy tables are discussed as a device for interpreting the meaning of test results for those untrained in statistics. Three ways of organizing an expectancy table are discussed: (1) to determine the probability that a student with a given test score will succeed in a specified course; (2) to find out how to pick the best applicants; and (3)…

There are substantial differences in the interests of men and women, reflected by their answers to vocational interest inventories. These differences are not trivial; they persist even in samples of men and women selected for occupational equivalence. The content of the sex differences is diverse. Lumping these differences together into one…

In this paper, the author reviews literature on the subject of releasing test scores and discusses constraints (in terms of test scores released and target groups receiving test scores) which he believes should govern such releases. The author suggests two phases for implementing release of test scores. One phase would involve parent conferences,…