For the past few years the Florida School Code has set the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT) performance requirements for promotion of 3rd graders and graduation for 10 graders. Grade 3 students who do not score at level 2 or higher on the FCAT SSS Reading must be retained unless exempted for special circumstances. Grade 10 students…

This research examined whether the SAT and ACT would predict college grade point average (GPA) after removing g from the tests. SAT and ACT scores and freshman GPAs were obtained from a university sample (N=161) and the 1997 National Longitudinal Study of Youth (N=8984). Structural equation modeling was used to examine relationships among g, GPA,…

In textbooks, foreign (second) language reading proficiency is often evaluated through comprehension questions. In case, authentic texts are used as reading material, such questions should be prepared by teachers. However, preparing appropriate questions may be a very demanding task for teachers. This paper introduces a method for automatically…

An empirical model was developed to represent the organization of the value-attitude system as postualted by Rokeach, and the model was used to determine the internal consistency of the system, its structure and components, and the extent to which the system permitted the prediction of attitudes from values. (Author)

This study attempted to apply the statistical technique of multiple discriminant analysis to the prediction of homicidal behavior by use of the Rorschach. (Author/RK)

Theoretical analysis of two idealized discrimination situations show that certain assumptions of habit strength development need not result in differentiated predictions for the performance of two drive-level groups when the numbers of occurences of responses are equated. (Author)

The abilities of the Henmon-Nelson, Cardall-Miles, Slosson and Quick Tests to predict WAIS-FS scores in a psychiatric hospital were compared. (Author)

This technical manual discusses some of the recent developments in the science of graphology and their implications for the science. The manual contains the following sections: (1) Graphology: An Introduction; (2) "CHAPS": Computerized Handwriting Analysis Profiling Systems; (3) HRC Profiles; (4) Reliability; (5) Validity; (6) Historical…

A specific application of a general paradigm described by R. D. Cook (1986) and R. McCulloch (1985) in assessing local influence is given. Snow geese flock size is estimated as "X" by an observer and "Y" by a photograph. "Y" is believed to be the true flock size. The problem is to obtain true flock size "Z"…

The study examines the validity of the ACE and selected subscales of the EPPS and SVIB in predicting the vocational performance of engineers. The only consistent finding was that subjective ratings of vocational performance were predicted by SVIB Group V scores; a "self-esteem" interpretation was posited. (Author)

This study attempted to provide a way to identify disadvantaged students at the junior college and to determine what data could be used as a basis for developing a curriculum to help them. Two measures of cognition, School and College Ability Test (SCAT) and Florida 12th Grade Battery, and three measures of the affective domain, Social Reaction…

This evaluation was made to determine whether the SCAT-verbal cutoff scores were adequate for placement in the four different English courses. To accomplish this, 223 students for whom both the scores and the English grades were available for the four courses were chosen. The total number of students (381) completing the courses were used as the…

Various approaches to assessing test score similarity have been used. One form of comparison, encompassing variability in both shape and elevation, is the generalized distance function (D), where D is the difference between two sets of scores. In this methodology, the profile of each member of the sample group is compared with the profile of every…