Addresses the relationship between teacher attitudes and teacher effectiveness. Discusses a local validation study of the Omaha Teacher Interview (OTI), a preemployment teacher selection device assessing attitudes and personality. Finds the relationship between OTI ratings and job performance positive but insufficient to justify basing selection…

Support for the validity of the equipercentile assumption is presented in contrast with the conclusion of Powers, Slaughter, and Helmick (EJ 289 091). Observed "gains" from pre- to posttests are better attributed to stakeholder bias, posttests that match curriculum content too closely, or a combination of these factors. (Author/DWH)

This case study of university students' use of reserve materials found that the relationship between grade and reserve use was apparent when one examined aggregates of students, but was not strong enough for use as a predictor of an individual's grade. (EM)

A study examining how the Medical College Admission Test's (MCAT) ability to predict early medical school performance differed for students from different undergraduate institutions raised questions about the use of the MCAT for admissions decisions. (MSE)

The predictive validity of the Standard Progressive Matrices (SPM) was examined with a sample of 212 sixth-grade students and 214 seventh-grade students. Correlation coefficients between the SPM and the California Achievement Tests of Reading, Language, and Mathematics ranged from .34 to .60. (Author/LMO)

The Jordanian General Secondary Education Certificate Examination is an achievement test constructed, administered, scored, and reported by the ministry of Education. The examination is discussed in terms of history, philosophy, objectives, structure and operation, use of data, predictive validity, and side effects. (LMO)

Compared three methods of rating thoughts: self-rating by subjects, rating by experts with thoughts presented randomly, and rating by experts with thoughts presented in context among 107 students who listed their thoughts prior to giving a speech. Results indicated all three methods were equal in predictions of speech anxiety and performance.…

The Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery and the Sequential Tests of Educational Progress (STEP) were given to a sample of 37 Yakima Indian students. The predictive validity of the Academic Ability Scale was statistically significant with respect to four of five STEP subtests. (Author)

This study examines predictive validity of the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) of academic success as measured by graduate grade point average (GGPA) of 582 students in selected academic disciplines. Results indicated considerable variability in validity coefficients for both different subgroups and subtests. (BS)

Used a pre-defined list of family therapy intervention strategies to predict post-therapy perceived life happiness and marital happiness among husbands and wives (N=31). In general, favorable outcome for husbands was associated with active restructuring operations on the part of the therapist. Prediction of outcome for wives was less clear. (JAC)

Preceeding through the development of a sequence of paired calibrations determined by a hierarchical clustering algorithm, the proposed method of constructing a universal criterion scale does not rely on covariate information. The procedure is illustrated with data from American law schools. (Author/BW)

A universal criterion scale is applied to the direct estimation of validity for various groups of law school applicants and to the testing of the assumptions underlying the more familiar extrapolation methods. Data from American law schools are used to illustrate the procedures. (Author/BW)

Compared Wide Range Achievement Test (WRAT) arithmetic and reading performance of randomly selected primary grade children (N=70) in a suburban school district to grade placement in reading and math and text placement in reading. WRAT scores overestimated actual achievement in all grades tested. (Author/NRB)

Studies the language and visuo-spatial skills of preschool children with past histories of lead poisoning. Suggests that specific behavioral sequelae exhibited by such children may be predicted by the factor of their age at the time of lead ingestion. (AS)

Evaluated a school district's psychoeducational screening program to determine the best predictors of reading recognition scores, math scores, and investigated the merit of using scores from a group-administered achievement test as predictors. Results suggest California Achievement Test scores combined with intelligence tests may be useful…