The purpose of the current research has been to establish the factorial validity and reliability of the Work Components Study in the public school system. (Author/RK)

Study refers to J. A. Bowers' A note on Gaylord's Estimating test reliability from the item-test correlations,''' EJ 041 295. (CB)

For the purposes of this study, a test-retest method of determining reliability was utilized. Results indicated that the instrument appears to be reliable in assessing attitudes-beliefs toward smoking. (Author)

Examines the effects of four parameters on the accuracy of test equating under a relaxed definition of test form equivalence. The four parameters studied were sample size, test form length, test form reliability, and the correlation between true scores of the test forms to be equated. (CK)

The consequences of the assumption that the expected score is equal to the true score are shown and alternatives discussed. (MS)

Investigates the effects of four typewriter faces and handwriting on the level and reliability of grades awarded to English themes. (DG)

Concludes that the quality of grades assigned a theme is little . . . affected by typeface or by devoting one or two minutes to the reading, but . . . a theme graded later tends to be rated more leniently than a theme graded earlier." (Editor)

Among the issues considered are: the conceptualization of health; the problems of validity and reliability; the prediction of developmental progression and postdiction: the role of symptoms: the determination of developmental influence and the definition of variations in development. A shorter version of this paper was presented to the American…