Describing the types and uses of tests may seem to be an easy task, but it is not as straightforward as it may first appear. Tests vary on many different characteristics, are used in many different ways, cross the typical assessment categories, and in some cases are so unique as to from a category unto themselves. This chapter explores many…

Discussions about how to use and analyze transcripts inevitably include how to classify and measure individual courses and how to aggregate and measure groups of courses in a meaningful way. The Secondary School Taxonomy (SST) was developed in the 1980s by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) as a framework for aggregating and…

The primary theme of this paper is that teaching at the college level has changed in the postmodern era in ways that make it necessary to consider a richer classification than the popular dichotomy of "sage on the stage" or "guide on the side." The career of G. Stanley Hall is discussed as an example of a teacher who would be…

The author, who originated the term "early infantile autism" recalls his first involvement with a 5-year-old autistic child and the paper in which he described the syndrome. (DB)

This documents study was instituted to develop a structured list of New York State agencies that publish, to develop an agency classification system, and to explore a means by which subject access to Penfield Library's collection could be gained. A computer generated subject search tool was produced. (3 references) (Author)

This article justifies the development of an international system for classifying education and explains the classification's structures, categories and applications. (KM)

The impact of a bibliographic retrieval/card production system, such as the Ohio College Library Center (OCLC), on the cataloging procedures of the large academic library is examined. (11 references) (Author/RS)

SVIB scores were available on samples of artists, farmers, ministers, physicists, real estate men and newsmen. A typological analysis applied separately to the 14 SVIB interest scores recovered all six groups when total scores were used, but only five groups when items responses were used as descriptors. (Author)

The author has identified two basic ways to reduce the high cost of cataloging. First, create guidelines or standards for publishers to follow when creating title pages. Second, simplify the cataloging rules especially in authorship designations. (8 references) (DH)

The article utilizes a typology of race groups to explain social distance (race relations) in Hawaii. (FF)

The problem of developing numerical methods for classification in the sciences is examined, with a discussion of classification strategies included. (DT)