The reliability of the Central Institute for the Deaf (CID) Everyday Sentence Lists was studied under receptive English simultaneous communication with 43 National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID) students and under manual communication conditions with 40 NTID students. Results indicated that the CID lists are reliable measures under both…

Two groups of Black and White subjects rated men and women of their own racial group with respect to the dimensions of reliability, trustworthiness, and responsibility. Little evidence was found for widespread gender stereotyping beyond a somewhat more positive self-image among women of both races. (Author/RLV)

Describes a study designed to determine whether one-minute or two-minute tests of reading rates are more reliable and whether warm-up exercises improve the accuracy of rate measures. Indicates that results were inconsistent with theoretical expectations and past research and suggests that no changes in standardized testing practices are currently…

The test developer's reply to Herzberger et al.'s allegation that the internal consistency of the Preschool and Primary Nowicki-Strickland Internal-External Control Scale is not sufficiently high to justify the scale's use. (CM)

A study of corrective feedback testing, in which scoring is based upon the number of attempts needed to achieve the correct answer, is compared to single attempt testing. (RAO)

College students instructed to "fake good" on a test of moral reasoning were unable to do so, but they could lower their scores significantly when directed to. (Editor)

This report focuses on research that provides evidence about the reliability, validity, and effects of various techniques of teacher evaluation. (Author)

Impromtu pre- and post-test essays by 302 students randomly selected from over 80 sections of a first-semester freshman composition course revealed significant improvement. (DD)

This study demonstrates that multiple matrix sampling procedures can be used to collect assessment data efficiently, unabstrusively, and reliably. (MB)

Reports preliminary findings of a study (in progress) on the statistical and content validity of eight reading achievement tests. (JM)

A short critique of a 1974 monograph. (MS)

A reply to a critique of an earlier paper by this author. (MS)

Finds the internal consistency and temporal stability of the Adolescent Argumentativeness Scale and the Adolescent Verbal Aggressiveness Scale are reliable when used to assess these predispositions in adolescent populations, and that they demonstrated satisfactory face, concurrent, convergent, and discriminant validity. Indicates that, unlike…

Reviews three special-purpose forecasting methods (population-ratio techniques, Bell Telephone method, method of analogy, and multiple-factor method) and three methods of universal applicability (the cohort-survival, percentage- survival, and law-of-growth methods) to help administrators grasp enrollment forecasting technicalities. A comparison…