Student scores on the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT) tests are increasingly being used for administrative purposes. Promotion and placement decisions are largely governed by FCAT performance. Although efforts are made to make the FCAT scores available as soon as possible, for some purposes they are not on hand when needed.…

Research Services calculates enrollment projections on an annual basis. These projections are presented each year at the district's Pupil Population Estimating Conference. For this year's projections, two years of trend data (2005-06 and 2006-07) were used to project student enrollment for 2007-08. Projections are provided by individual grade…

This article summarizes selected information showing key aspects of the theory and application of bio-data prediction, and it provides test data supporting its opening statements concerning criteria. (Author/RK)

Adaptability was defined, five adaptive measures developed and questionnaires were administered to high school students to determine relationships between the measures and achieved grades. The approach was then used to predict grade achievement. (Author/JA)

The research examines the hypothesis that predictive validity will be greater for a test given under stress instructions than for a test given under relax instructions. (Author)

Newest decision-making tool overcomes the limitations of the three most commonly used date gathering methods. (Author/JN)

The hypothesis tested in this study: that high and low academic promise groups might show differing levels of predictability of their college grades from standard entrance measures. (Authors)

Discusses a report of the National Petroleum Council on the availability of coal and the increasingly important role that coal will play in meeting the future energy needs of the United States. (JR)

About 200 events in the field of information and documentation and their probable time of occurrence were investigated in three groups using the Delphi Technique: tomorrow's library, technological breakthroughs in information storage and transfer, and future developments in the field. (3 references) (Author/SJ)

The Affective Sensitivity Scale was administered in 16 master's level counseling students. A year later, each subject brought in a recorded audiotape with a client from his secondary school field setting. These tapes were rated on empathy, nonpossessive warmth, and genuineness on the Truax scales of Facilitative Interpersonal Functioning. A high…

This article discusses the differences between nomothetic and ideographic approaches to assessment, suggests that neither model is complete in itself, and presents some principles for making single subject investigations more reliable and valid. (Author)

Summarizes alternative technological possibilities for ensuring a supply of energy for the United States, including nuclear technology, solar energy, shale oil and coal gassification, low pollutant techniques for burning coal, and a fuel cell suitable for commercial use. Reports the extent of existing research and development efforts. (AL)