Compares the Metropolitan Readiness Test with the opinion a parent or teacher has of a child for predicting success in the first grade. Results of a two year study are analyzed. (RK)

Replicates two studies by Bormuth comparing multiple choice and cloze tests as measures of comprehension and concludes, like Bormuth, that the more easily constructed cloze test can be used to measure comprehension or to select reading materials. (MD)

Results of this study were interpreted in terms of the social control function served by the public schools. (Author/RY)

If one is given three or more methods of measuring three or more traits, the procedure described allows one to assess the extent to which the observation is influenced by the method and the extent to which individual differences contribute to the observations, independent of the particular method-trait combination. The procedure is illustrated.…

Probability samples of approximately 175 black and 175 white respondents were drawn from each of fifteen American cities. This report deals with the extent and ways in which racial, urban, and certain other attitudes arc influenced by city of residence. (Author/DB)

Reports a study of sixth-grade students in a West Coast metropolitan area which found that high interest resulted in greater comprehension, that discrimination between reading levels was lower with higher interest, and that reading interest affected high-ability students more than low-ability students. Bibliography. (MD)

Kindergarten predictors, Otis-Lennon IQ, group and individual Bender scores, and teachers' ratings were correlated with first-grade Stanford Achievement Test scores from 152 children from three schools in the same school district and fourth-grade Ohio Survey Test scores from 102 of the same children. (Author/PN)

Concurrent validity of the Personal Attribute Inventory for Children was supported through correlation of the scores of 628 elementary children in grades 5 through 10 with their scores on the State Trait Anxiety Inventory for Children and the Behavior Rating Profile Student Scales. (PN)

Presents the results of a study in which students undertaking postgraduate (PhD) research were given a small battery of psychological tests, the scores from which were then related to ratings provided by academic tutors. The results are discussed and some explanations are suggested. A 31-item reference list is included. (Author/JL)

Alternatives to multidimensional scaling analysis of numerical relationship judgments in extracting information about students' knowledge were investigated. Undergraduate students completed a multiple choice test over knowledge of individual concepts, an essay test covering relationships among concepts, and a relationship judgment test that…