The Teacher Practices Observation Record (TPOR) and the Florida Climate and Control System (FLACCS) were reviewed to determine their appropriateness for measuring teacher competencies defined by teachers in Carroll County, Georgia. The TPOR looks at the way the teacher develops subject matter and thinking processes of pupils through the eyes of…

The Academic Orientation (AOR) scale of the Strong-Campbell Interest Inventory was evaluated regarding its usefulness in predicting academic achievement in college. Also, the AOR scores of 148 low, average, and high functioning college students were compared. Correlational analyses indicated that the AOR is quite inadequate for predicting either…

Campbell (l969) argued for the interrupted time-series experiment as a useful methodology for testing intervention effects in the social sciences. The validity of the statistical hypothesis testing of time-series, is, however, dependent upon the proper identification of the underlying stochastic nature of the data. Several types of model…

An instrument, developed in 1965 by Arthur Blumberg and Edmund Amidon to measure teacher perceptions of supervisory conferences, has presented problems of reliability to researchers. The problem has stemmed from the lack of a valid and reliable scoring method for the instrument. The instrument was administered to 31 in-service teachers, Grades…

A procedure was developed and evaluated for assessing the self-perceived educational needs of people as one input to the process of planning, approving, and implementing relevant educational programs. The method of data collection involved selecting samples of people by randomly selecting households in a given geographic area, and then contacting…

Crucial to curriculum development and change is the assessment of cognitive objective achievement and the identification of cognitive needs. Validation of instrumentation to evaluate the attainment of cognitive behavioral objectives was an essential first step in a state-wide educational needs assessment study conducted by the investigators. A…

A project was conducted to develop and assess a highly job related personnel selection battery that could be administered to inexperienced applicants for positions as public assistance workers in departments of public welfare or unemployment offices. The Public Assistant Worker Job Trial (PAWJT) is called a job trial because instead of attempting…

Reviewed is the California Preschool Social Competency Scale intended for use with children 2 years 6 months through 5 years 6 months of age. (DB)

This study of 108 matched pairs of Spanish surname and non Spanish surname students from 9 Title 1 parochial schools, who graduated in 1968, 1969 and 1970, found no significant difference between the dropout rates of Spanish surname and non Spanish surname students when they were of comparable ability: the best predictor of dropout rate was the…

The Personality Research Form and the Achievement Anxiety Test were compared to the Thematic Apperception Test and Mandler-Sarason Test Anxiety Questionnaire. The former were equally reliable and valid measures of motive for success and motive to avoid failure. The ease of administration and scoring would recommend their use to researchers.…

A multiple regression analysis was performed on all Edwards Personal Preference Schedule (EPPS) and Strong Vocational Interest Blank (SVIB) scales to determine those scales which could be used to predict success in a secondary teacher preparation program for females and males. Significant discriminant function equations were obtained. (Author/BJG)

Reliability estimates following two administrations of the eight factor scales of the Primary Self-Concept Scale to third grade children were obtained. Concurrent validity was determined relative to the same factors on the Teacher Questionnaire designed to reflect teachers' perceptions of children's behaviors in these categories. (Author/BJG)

Teacher ratings of fourth grade minority and non-minority students were compared to pupil performance on the Reading, Language Arts, and Arithmetic subtests of the SRA Achievement series. Correlations were found between teacher ratings and pupil scores except in the area of teacher rating of minority group reading and SRA score. (Author/BJG)