The modification of Rutter's Children's Behavior Questionnaire and its standardization was the focus of a study of 496 normal and 102 disturbed preschool children. Resultant data indicated its possible value in clinical or research settings for the first step in early detection of emotional problems. (Author/SDH)

This is a review of the contingency management literature and current related treatment programs for stuttering in childhood: the Lidcombe Program, Gradual Increase in Length and Complexity of Utterance (GILCU), and Prolongation (PS). Treatment efficacy research has shown these treatments to be effective and efficient for children, but there…

Criterion-referenced assessment arguably results in greater reliability, validity and transparency than norm-referenced assessment. This article examines this assertion with reference to an example from a second year undergraduate law unit at the Queensland University of Technology, LWB236 Real Property A. When designing criterion-referenced…

An overview of the articles and definition of terms for the journal topic of domain reference testing. (HB)

Describes the development and testing of an objective measure of moral development, based on Kohlberg's moral stages. (DP)

Identification and explication of construct relationships, under conditions of extraneous variable control in multiple regression and its multivariate analog, canonical analysis, were studied. Several data models were generated as a function of the interaction of partial correlation and orthogonal linear transformations on nursing examination…

This study was conducted to determine whether the administration of translation of an English language, teacher attitude test to teachers of other cultures would measure the same things as does its English original. The Minnesota Teacher Attitude Inventory (MTAI) was given to 509 French Canadian elementary school teachers, and the factor structure…

The premise of this project was to reveal the differences in job-style requirements by using a technique called cognitive-style mapping, the thesis being that each job or occupation requires a person having a particular cognitive style system compatible with the job style or requirements. Cognitive style mapping is a technique used to assess an…

In this document, a review of traditional definitions and theories of metaphor suggests that they err in equating metaphors with comparisons rather than merely implying comparisons. Empirical research is then reviewed, revealing serious problems, particularly in developmental research. These problems include inadequate theories about the nature of…

This study investigated the predictive validity of the admission criteria for masters students in reading: undergraduate grade point average (GPA), Graduate Record Examination (GRE) scores, undergraduate college quality, and age. Data were gathered for 94 former masters students at Rutgers University, including 53 who had obtained the M.Ed. and 41…

This research, with 366 ninth-graders, determines (a) how three self-concept measures relate to each other; (b) the relationships these selected global and specific self-concept measures have to two indices of academic achievement; and (c) the significance of differences among these self-concept-academic achievement correlations. (Author)

Reports a study that evaluated the efficacy of a nonranking grading system in assessing superior performance. (JT)

The author of "The Tyranny of Testing" discusses his objections to standardized testing. (IRT)

The Predictive Screening Test of Articulation (PSTA) was administered to 371 children in first grade and again in third grade to evaluate its effectiveness as a predictive test and screening instrument. (LS)