This document contains bibliographic information, descriptive terms, and abstracts for 145 technical reports on the general subject of success prediction. The bibliography includes reports on development of individuals during military training, peer evaluation, biographical inventory, and the validity of tests which may be used as predictors of…

This document is an English-language abstract (approximately 1,500 words) of a study of the prognostic value of handicraft training in Finnish school for subsequent success in school and on the job. The study raised several related questions--techniques of work appraisal, citizenship, school streaming, and trial periods at vocational schools. The…

Some aspects of the results from IEA studies of reading are discussed. The instruments used in the studies were a reading comprehension test of the conventional type and a short reading speed test. The studies were conducted with 10- and 14-year-olds and individuals in the last year of secondary school. A supplementary measure, Same-Opposite…

The construction and validation of a theoretically based sign system for the analysis of teaching roles in childhood education is described. A theoretical and empirical approach to validation were developed. In the first, the general concept of teacher role was identified as a viable construct for investigating characteristic patterns of classroom…

This experiment investigated the significance of spontaneous occurrence of number symbols in the drawings of 86 (23 male pairs and 20 female pairs) kindergarten children. A comparison was made of first grade achievement on the Piaget Number Concept Test of students who used alphabetic and numeric symbols in the Draw-a-Classroom Test in…

Evidence on how the psychometric properties of verbal and quantitative academic aptitude tests are affected when item options are weighted using rather simple conceptual procedures is presented. This is discussed in connection with the scoring methods used on the Graduate Record Examinations. (DG)

The general usefulness of selected predictions equations for computer simulated scoring of creativity tests was studied. This was carried out by testing previously established prediction equations for samples drawn from similar populations. (CK)

The purpose of the study was to develop a linear programming model to be used for prediction, test the accuracy of the predictions, and compare the accuracy with that produced by curvilinear multiple regression analysis. (Author)

TECHNICAL AND NONTECHNICAL CURRICULUMS OF A SINGLE JUNIOR COLLEGE WERE EXAMINED TO BETTER HELP STUDENTS AND COUNSELORS TOWARD MORE REALISTIC DECISIONS IN CAREER CHOICE. THE PROJECT WAS SUCCESSFUL IN (1) DIFFERENTIATING STUDENTS IN VARIOUS CURRICULUMS WITHIN THE COLLEGE, (2) DIFFERENTIATING CHARACTERISTICS OF GRADUATES FROM THOSE OF UNDERGRADUATES,…

Individualized instruction programs have imposed an increased reliance on tests as a means of selecting and routing students through sometimes complex programs. Testing which occurs within the training sequence is particularly vulnerable to inefficient use of both trainee and instructor time, but computer-based instruction system can provide a…

The ability of the Slosson Intelligence Test to predict academic achievement was assessed by using three samples of pre-kindergarten pupils from three successive years in a large midwest school district. Results indicate a moderately good predictive power of the instrument. (Author/JKS)

The concurrent criterion validity of a modified pass/fail grading system in a medical school was assessed. The investigators examined possible differences between honor society and nonhonor society students on three medical school entry variables and on medical board scores. (Author/JKS)

The predictive validity of six tests of academic readiness were determined for Anglo, Black, and Mexican American first-grade children from middle and lower socioeconomic status (SES) homes. The tests were most valid for Anglos; least for Blacks; and more valid for middle than for lower SES children. (Author/GDC)

Institutional averages of entering freshman scores on the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) and the American College Test (ACT) were combined and edited to produce a single institutional measure of selectivity for 2,601 institutions. Correlations were made between scores and 19 institutional attributes. (Editor/LBH)

Emphasizes the importance of using both the factorial analyses of the interitem correlations and the 'predictive validity' coefficients as complementary empirical evidence for moving toward both the refinement of a theoretical conception of modernity and the revision of measures of modern attitudes. (Author/JM)