An attitude towards mathematics scale with four subscales was assessed for reliability and validity on a sample of seventh grade students. All subscales demonstrated an adequate degree of reliability and some degree of both convergent and discriminant validity. (Author/JKS)

The Ramak Interest Inventory, together with an occupational choice satisfaction (OCS) inventory, was administered to 158 males and 202 females who had responded to the Ramak seven years before. Results of the study show congruence correlated positively with males' and females' OCS. (Author)

Joreskog's model of cogeneric tests is used to analyze agreement between raters. Raters are treated as measuring instruments. The model of cogeneric tests, of which classical parallelism and tau-equivalence are shown to be special cases, is applied to teachers' ratings of students' responses on open-end questions. (Author/RC)

Examines three reliability characteristics of the Harris revision of the Goodenough "Draw-a-man" Test when used with five-year-old school entrants. (Author/RK)

Super's Work Values Inventory is utilized in making interindividual and intraindividual comparative interpretations of work values. Internal consistency reliability coefficients for 15 scales and reliabilities of differences between scores on scales were of such a weak magnitude that caution in making interindividual and intrindividual comparisons…

A test instrument which can be economically administered and scored is described here. The test was used for research purposes in Nigeria to measure proficiency in English of Yoruba-speaking students. (CHK)

Concludes that scores on impromptu in-class papers can reveal improvement in writing skills after one semester of instruction. (DD)

This research investigated the possibility that there exists a systematic difference in WAIS verbal and performance IQ indices. It was hypothesized that VIQ (verbal) scores on the WAIS tend to be significantly higher than PIQ (performance ability) scores. (Author/RK)

The author discusses (1) societal views toward the question of IQ measurements, (2) the actual parameters that IQ test instruments measure and their relationship to "intelligence," and (3) the use of IQ levels as an equalizing force in society. (MB)

Studied the establishment of the reliability of an instrument for assessing developmental stages and the relation between reliability and sequentiality of the stages. (GO)

Describing the possible effects of using pre-built attitude scales in cross-cultural research, this paper tests the validity of certain assumptions underlying use of pre-constructed Likert-type attitude scales on populations other than the one on which the scale was constructed. (Author/JC)

Due to a lack of standardized testing instruments, there is a need for focusing attention on well-organized test construction by individual teachers for evaluation knowledge attainment levels in health education. (MB)

Discusses the special problems of evaluation in a curriculum research and development setting. (Editor/RK)

Describes a technique for measuring reliability (the consistency of decision making across repeated test administrations) and validity (the accuracy of decision making between administration of a reading test and administration of a criterion measure) and gives an example of its use. (JM)

Scores from 94 psychiatric and neurological patients on the 11 subtests of the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale and the Halstead-Reitan Category and Finger Tapping tests were used in a factor analysis. The Category Test is not particularly sensitive to all types of brain pathology. (Author)