A definition of test validity as the ratio of a covariance term to a variance term, analogous to the classical definition of test reliability, is proposed. When error scores on distinct tests are uncorrelated, the proposed definition coincides with the usual one, but it remains meaningful when error scores are correlated. (Author/BW)

Advances a definition that distinguishes ritual from other kinds of formal expression. Demonstrates the creative potential of ritual through an analysis of ritual structure as illustrated by practical drama lessons. (PD)

Review of several definitions of population education leads to the conclusion that the definition must be relevant to specific social and cultural goals. (GW)

Author discusses the relationship between imagery and creativity as well as the role that imagery played in creative functioning. (Author/RK)

This article re-examines the charge of irrelevance often levelled against the Foundational Studies in a teacher education program. It argues that the relevance expected of these studies is categorically different from that expected of the methodology courses and the practical teaching aspects. (Editor)

A case for making the vice-principal's job more responsible--one which places the administrator where the learning takes place--is presented. What the vice-principal should be doing versus what he should not be doing is discussed. (RK)

Article delineated some of the ways in which "school" has been defined. That discussion was used as a background for offering a more detailed discussion of what the concept school means in sociological terms. (Author/RK)

The purpose of this paper is to examine what is known, and not known, about competencies for the clinical supervisor--sources and methodologies for identifying competencies, competency statements and their formulation, and the issues and problems being encountered and investigated. (Author/RK)

Although the author wished that there were absolute rights, as Joel Feinberg has argued there are, he presented an argument to the contrary. Among the points he attempted to establish was that there is no hard and fast distinction between legal rights and legal privileges as Feinberg has maintained. (Author/RK)

While some clarity might be obtained from pursuing the meaning of facts if there were no language or in terms of their positiveness or negativeness, the author decided to look at some ordinary-language uses of the word "fact" in three different constructions to see if some insight might be gained. (Author/RK)

This feature consists of a list of corrections and additions to the dictionaries of the Spanish language academy. (Text is in Spanish.) (CLK)

The term "at risk" is used frequently to describe children and youth and has a strong intuitive meaning. However, the term has no consistent definition and can be viewed as stigmatizing certain groups. Nevertheless, it is widely used. The positive side of this confusion is that program providers have some leeway in how they define "at risk" for…

For more than 20 years the standards set in Statistical Policy Directive No. 15 of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) have provided a common language to define and group the social constructs of "race" and "ethnicity." The definitions were developed to provide consistency in the collection of data by various federal…

D. Wood and J. Erskine (1976) and B. Thompson (1989) provided bibliographies of roughly 130 applications of canonical correlation analysis, but the features of such reports have not been widely studied. This report examines the features of recent canonical reports, including substantive inquiries, but also measurement applications examining…

This article introduces this issue of the journal, a compilation of articles that share the common goal of drawing correlations between social representations and the dialogue that formulates them. Most of the articles were written by researchers working on a common project that aims to analyze the social representations of bilingualism in…