Investigates the reliability and validity of scores yielded from a new scoring formula. (Author/DEP)

Several Predictors of occupational choice derived from a theory of careers were examined. Hypotheses that a person's competencies, activities, self-estimates, interests, and vocational choices can be organized to understand and predict subsequent choice were tested. Findings support both the theory and the validity of the Self-Directed Search.…

Investigated the characteristics and utility of the Hayes Early Identification Listening Response Test (HEILRT). (RC)

Five studies of the validity of student ratings of teaching are evaluated and one used as a model for further inquiry with the conclusion that they can provide useful information relevant to the improvement of instruction if methods of data collection and analysis are improved. An improvement plan is outlined. (Editor/JT)

Argues that even for purposes of applied decision making, reliance upon criterion validity -- the degree to which measures correlate with specific criteria -- or content coverage is not enough, that the meaning of the measure must also be analyzed in order to evaluate responsibly the possible consequences of the proposed use, it is stated.…

Reviews previous attempts to achieve comparability in the comparative study of social mobility. Existing cross-national comparisons of mobility are said to be invalid. A scale is proposed as a basis for valid cross-national comparisons. Its properties and achieved results are discussed. (AM)

Questions about the limitations and potential contributions of projective techniques in research are considered and issues which limit the contributions of diagnostic assessment and projective techniques in clinical practice are examined. A proposal is made for conceptualizing diagnostic assessment as a more integral part of the therapeutic…

The development of The Psychosocial Maturity Inventory, an attitude inventory based on an interdisciplinary model of psychosocial maturity, is described. It is a self-report instrument comprised of nine subscales and is suited for the assessment of youngsters in the approximate age range 11-18. (Author/BJG)

A version of this paper was presented at the annual meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education (Chicago, February 10, 1968).

This paper presents the Aging Sexuality Knowledge and Attitudes Scale (ASKAS), an instrument designed to assess the particular aspects of sexual knowledge and attitudes as they relate to the aged. Development of ASKAS items from a survey of existant physiological research on sexuality in older adults and a review of social-psychological writing on…

A behavioral domain is well-defined when it is clear to both test developers and test users which categories of performance should or should not be considered for potential test items. Only those tests that are keyed to well-defined domains meet the definition of criterion-referenced tests. The greatest proliferation of criterion-referenced tests…

The first phase of a four-phase needs assessment study of children's services in West Virginia is reported at length in this document. (The remaining three phases are also briefly described.) In this first phase of the study, the efforts of other states in providing children's services were surveyed, relevant literature was reviewed, and…