Incompetent teachers on the staff should be detected and helped. Teacher applicants should be screened to keep out those who are lacking in basic subject matter and literacy skills. (IRT)

The origin and purpose of the Scholastic Aptitude Test is discussed along with the mathematical content of the test, test development and assembly procedures, tryout of new questions, score trends, curricular considerations, and special instruction to improve SAT scores. Thirty sample questions are provided in the Appendix. (MN)

The purposes and content of the ACT Mathematics Usage Test are discussed along with test development, administration, scores and score reports, research, and trends in test scores. Twenty sample questions are provided. (MN)

The newly developed mathematical theory of fuzzy subsets can be applied to educational research and the development of systems for the management of instruction. (SD)

Presents an interview with W. Willard Wirtz, chairman of the College Entrance Examination Board panel investigating the decline in Scholastic Aptitude Test scores. (IRT)

United States Employment Service data on the cognitive and noncognitive aptitude requirements of different occupations were used to create an occupational classification--the Occupational Aptitude Patterns (OAP) Map. Thirteen job clusters are arrayed according to major differences in overall intellectual difficulty level and in functional focus…

Undergraduates reported anonymously their degree of religiousness, their Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) scores, and their grade point averages (GPAs). Found religiousness negatively related to ability, and not related to achievement. The students' capacity to maximize their potential, measured by the standard score difference between GPA and SAT,…

The relationships between two curriculum variables (graduation requirements and course offerings in various subject areas) on performance on the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) were studied among students in 150 comprehensive high schools. Results indicated that neither graduation requirements nor the number of course offerings bore a statistically…

This study compared subjects from right-handed families and nonright-handed families in their ability to solve a mental-rotation task when instructed to use one of two different spatial strategies. Results suggested familial nonright-handers may be stronger in transformation of mental images, but weaker in reorientation in relation to left-right…

Reports on a survey of third grade children concerning their criteria for good reading. (FL)

Reviews "Marking A Level English Literature" by P.A. Lapworth, which is intended as a clarification for teachers of the basis on which candidates' papers are assessed by the Joint Matriculation Board examiners at 'A' Level. (DF)

Concludes that second graders' self-reports of comprehension and liking were highly related to the performance measure of error detection for good readers but not for poor ones. (FL)

Double cross-validation of a test battery against multiple criterion variables found the first general factor accounts for most criterion variance in cross-validated regression weights. Small contributions are made by mechanical/technical and psychomotor factors. It appears a common general factor plays the major role in validity for a range of…

Twelve structural models of similarity were fitted to data from conventional and computer adaptive test (CAT) batteries measuring the same aptitude in a double cross-validation design. Three of the 12 models, including a multiplicative structure model, performed well, providing support for using CATs as replacements for conventional tests. (NSF)

Using 48 undergraduates, this study tested whether improving students' knowledge of balance rules through experience with a balance beam promotes understanding of the weighted mean. Subjects classified as nonbalancers performed significantly better on the transfer problems if they had been given balance training rather than assigned to the control…