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Download full textHaertzen, C.A. – 1974
The Addiction Research Center Inventory is a 550 item multipurpose test measuring the broad range of physical, emotive, cognitive, and subjective effects of drugs. This manual provides technical information concerning 38 most valid scales, a quantitative method for characterizing the similarity of a profile of scores for the subject, group, or…
Descriptors: Adults, Alcoholism, Classification, Criminals
Moncrief, Michael H. – 1974
En-route Criterion Levels (ECLs) are defined as decision rules for predicting pupil readiness to advance through an instructional sequence. This study investigated the validity of present ELCs in an individualized mathematics program and tested procedures for empirically determining optimal ECLs. Retest scores and subsequent progress were…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Educational Diagnosis, Educational Objectives, Educational Technology
Walker, Debbie Klein; And Others – 1973
This publication continues the descriptions of the cognitive, psychomotor, and socioemotional measures used in all years of the Head Start Planned Variation Evaluation study. Included is a detailed examination of each measure, a discussion of the theory behind it, and a review of the available data on the measure's reliability, validity and other…
Descriptors: Achievement, Affective Measures, Cognitive Measurement, Compensatory Education
Farr, Roger, Comp. – 1971
One of a series of reading research profiles developed from the ERIC/CRIER data base, this annotated bibliography which focuses on the assessment of reading behavior is aimed primarily at researchers but is also relevant for test developers and users. The included studies cover the years 1950 to 1969 and were selected from published journal…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Annotated Bibliographies, Bibliographies, Evaluation
Bierly, Margaret M. – 1971
Twenty children (10 from a Day Care Center and 10 from a Head Start Center) were administered a 28-item, parallel form language comprehension task. The method utilized concrete materials (i.e., puppets and other familiar objects, spoon, flower, ball) which subjects manipulated when presented with sentences of 7 different grammatical constructions.…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Linguistic Competence, Linguistic Performance, Linguistic Theory
Rookey, T. Jerome – 1971
The Pennsylvania Assessment of Creative Tendency (PACT) is an experimental Likert Style Attitude Inventory designed to measure the creative tendency of elementary school children. PACT has been constructed over a period of four years, and has been subjected to item and factor analyses. The reading level has been set at Grade 5.0 or lower. To…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Attitudes, Creativity, Creativity Tests
Echternacht, Gary – 1973
Estimates for the variance of empirically determined scoring weights are given. It is shown that test item writers should write distractors that discriminate on the criterion variable when this type of scoring is used. (Author)
Descriptors: Item Analysis, Measurement Techniques, Multiple Choice Tests, Performance Criteria
Crites, John O. – 1969
The research summarized in this report was stimulated by the need for an objective, standardized measure of vocational maturity which would provide an empirical referrent for the conceptual terms of vocational development. The instrument constructed for this purpose is the Vocational Development Inventory (VDI), consisting of the Competence Test…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Attitude Measures, Career Development, Educational Research
Doughty, Earl – 1971
This study attempts to determine the relative ranking value of information gathering devices that could be substituted for tests of mental maturity. Results indicate that the three best devices are: a standardized test of academic achievement, a test of personality, and a self-concept inventory, all of which are easily administered, scored, and…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods, Gifted, Grade 4
Goolsby, Thomas M., Jr.
Factor analysis was used to summarize the interrelationships between a large and varied collection of measures. Data for 500 third grade students assigned to either an experimental or a comparison condition were obtained. The data covered scores for the first 28 items of the Student Affective Behavior Checklist, (2) 9 nonmathematics subtests of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Rating Scales, Behavioral Objectives, Factor Analysis
Adkins, Dorothy C. – 1968
An objective measure of motivation to achieve for preschool children called Gumpgookies is described. It is an objective-projective technique that requires choice between two alternate types of behavior portrayed in pictures and accompanying verbal descriptions. Gumpgookies are amoeba-like creatures who behave in ways intended to show differences…
Descriptors: Affective Measures, Attitude Measures, Cultural Differences, Evaluation Methods
Lord, Frederic M. – 1972
An elementary survey of item characteristic curve theory, centered around the problems of individualized (tailored) testing, is presented. Following the introduction, discussions are provided of the following: Test Theory for Itemized Tests; The Guttman Scale; Item Characteristic Curve Theory; An Alternative Model; Specialization, Application, and…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Bulletins, Citations (References), Evaluation Methods
Manpower Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. U.S. Training and Employment Service. – 1970
The United States Training and Employment Service General Aptitude Test Battery (GATB), first published in 1947, has been included in a continuing program of research to validate the tests against success in many different occupations. The GATB consists of 12 tests which measure nine aptitudes: General Learning Ability; Verbal Aptitude; Numerical…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Career Guidance, Cutting Scores, Electronic Technicians
Manpower Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. U.S. Training and Employment Service. – 1963
The United States Training and Employment Service General Aptitude Test Battery (GATB), first published in 1947, has been included in a continuing program of research to validate the tests against success in many different occupations. The GATB consists of 12 tests which measure nine aptitudes: General Learning Ability; Verbal Aptitude; Numerical…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Career Guidance, Construction (Process), Cutting Scores
Manpower Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. U.S. Training and Employment Service. – 1964
The United States Training and Employment Service General Aptitude Test Battery (GATB), first published in 1947, has been included in a continuing program of research to validate the tests against success in many different occupations. The GATB consists of 12 tests which measure nine aptitudes: General Learning Ability; Verbal Aptitude; Numerical…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Assembly (Manufacturing), Career Guidance, Cutting Scores
