After a brief historical review of the background and research, the paper focuses on development of a teacher-administered behavior rating scale to screen for school adaptation problems on a large scale basis using as Ss 15 primary grade teachers and their ratings of 315 primary grade children (ages 6-to-10 years) in their classes. A 16-item…

Six essays on technical measurement problems in criterion referenced tests and four essays by psychometricians proposing solutions are presented: (1) "Criterion-Referenced Measurement" and Other Such Terms, by Marvin C. Alkin which is an overview of the first six papers; (2) Selecting Objectives and Generating Test Items for Objectives-Based…

Approaches to sampling are suggested for use by states in reporting more effectively on the completers and leavers in vocational education programs. Following an introductory chapter, six others outline the proposed plan for followup studies. Chapter 2, a task outline for a proposed ongoing sampling survey, divides the first three of the followup…

The National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972 (NLS) critical data base contains 151 items (plus background information) from the base year and followup questionnaires; about thirty-seven percent of all items. This set of critical items consists of: (1) basic demographic variables; (2) items necessary for defining activity states…

This document is designed to help the reader understand the district profiles of the California statewide testing program. These data assist the reader to compare a districts' performance with that of previous years and of other districts, especially those with similar characteristics. A brief description of the development and content of the…

A study involving four sections of a general psychology course at Delta College (Michigan) was conducted to determine: (1) the effectiveness of repeated, cumulative testing on long-term retention of information; (2) its effect on students' ability to generalize information learned as measured by the College Level Examination Program (CLEP) general…

An empirical review of test items is described as an essential step in criterion-referenced test development. The concept of test items' instructional sensitivity is introduced, and research is briefly reviewed which describes four theoretical contexts in which instructional sensitivity indexes have been observed: criterion-referenced; classical…

Title XX funds are used at the state level to develop, expand and improve the training of social service workers. Evaluation of programs receiving this funding must provide information on the effectiveness of the program in meeting specifically stated objectives, a complete description of the program for the purpose of replication, and…

The measurement of opinions helps to indicate students', teachers', and parents' satisfaction with school programs, as well as students' self concept and affective behavior. In choosing a sample, several issues should be considered: sampling error, sample size, selection procedure, and acceptable response rate. Follow-up survey procedures and…

The construct validity of three of the assessment instruments of the Career Skills Assessment Program (CSAP) was investigated by means of a confirmatory factor analysis designed to measure both the convergent validity and the discriminant validity of the instruments. A Career Development Questionnaire (CDQ) was developed because a search failed to…

The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) administered the selected supplemental mathematics exercises to 13-year-old students during October and November 1975 and to 17-year-old students during March and April 1976. This assessment represents a specially modified supplement to 1972-73 full-scale mathematics assessment and was…

The Counselor Rating Form (CRF) was developed as an instrument intended to measure clients' perception of counselor behavior on the dimensions of expertness, attractiveness and trustworthiness. The CRF was based on Strong's model of counseling as an interpersonal influence process and constructed to contain 36 bipolar adjectives, each 12 designed…

TO DETERMINE THE WORK VALUES OF THE PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED, A WORK MOTIVATION SCHEDULE WAS DEVELOPED AND ADMINISTERED TO 200 NORMAL WHITE MEN AND 200 WOMEN OF REPRESENTATIVE NATIONAL AVERAGE AGE AND EDUCATION AND TO CEREBRAL PALSIED, DEAF, 63 RECENT AMPUTEES FROM THE VIETNAM WAR AND NEURO-PSYCHIATRIC PATIENTS. COMPARISON OF THE TWO GROUPS SHOWED…

GUIDELINES FOR THE EVALUATION OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SCIENCE PROGRAMS AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SCIENCE STUDENTS ARE PRESENTED. CRITERIA ARE INCLUDED FOR (1) ESTABLISHED CURRICULUMS, (2) LIBRARY FACILITIES, (3) EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES, (4) FIELD EXPERIENCES AND AUDIOVISUAL AIDS, (5) TEACHER-MADE TESTS, AND (6) CLASSROOM TEACHING TECHNIQUES. SUBDIVISIONS…

PHASE ONE OF A STUDY TO DETERMINE THE EFFECT OF REVISED FILMS ON THE PRODUCTION OF SIGNIFICANT LEARNING BEHAVIOR WAS REPORTED. THE FILMSTRIP, "THE SUN AND ITS PLANETS," WAS SELECTED AND SHOWN TO GROUPS OF FIFTH-, EIGHTH-, AND TENTH-GRADERS. A TEST COVERING THE CONTENT OF THE FILMSTRIP WAS PRODUCED AND VALIDATED. THREE PHASES WERE IMPOSED…