In 1999, an external review was conducted of the indicators and methodology that the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education (NCHEMS) had developed for "Measuring UP 2000: The State-by-State Report Card for Higher Education." The principal purpose of these tests was to understand better the relationships among the indicators and…

Creative leadership calls for leaders to make full use of the analytical as well as the intuitive mind. This paper argues that leadership-preparation programs must therefore provide opportunities for the development of the leader's potential. The paper describes a pilot program implemented by the Department of Educational Leadership and Cultural…

Jungian measures have proven extremely popular, selling more than three million copies per year for use in various types of counseling. This study investigated the construct validity of scores from an alternative measure of Jungian personality, the Personal Preferences Self-Description Questionnaire (PPSDQ) (B. Thompson, 1996). Forms of the PPSDQ…

Scholars from psychology and education describe how the new rules of measurement work and how they differ from the old rules. The collection provides an integrated and comprehensive reference source concerned with contemporary issues and approaches in testing and measurement. The chapters are: (1) "Issues in the Measurement of Cognitive…

With an increasing number of cases currently coming to the courts' attention to examine the conditions under which educational and psychological testing practices violate one's constitutional rights, this article considers the responses from school systems, professional organizations, the Federal Government, school psychologists, and the testing…

Discusses the different strategies employed by three practical nonmetric multidimensional scaling algorithms using Monte Carlo techniques. (Author/RK)

This paper discusses the Lens Model' approach to the analysis of subject performance in multiple-cue judgment tasks embedded in probabilistic environments. (Author/RK)

A number of empirical studies are suggested to answer certain questions in connection with flexilevel tests. (MS)

Modifications of administration and item arrangement of a conventional test can force a match between item difficulty levels and the ability level of the examinee. Although different examinees take different sets of items, the scoring method provides comparable scores for all. Furthermore, the test is self-scoring. These advantages are obtained…

This study evaluates the usefulness of conceptualizing intraindividual stability as a personality construct. The feasibility of developing a psychometric scale which might be used to reliably predict individual stability in self-description, self-concept, and other behavioral domains is assessed. (MS)

Responses to various fixed test-response formats were examined for "reliability" due to systematic error; Cronbach's alphas up to .67 were obtained. Of formats tested, four-point Likert Scales were least affected while forms of lines and faces were most problematic. Possible modification in alpha to account for systematic bias is…

The psychometric characteristics of the revised UCLA Loneliness Scale in Iranian groups correlated significantly with measures of other conceptually-related variables such as depression, anxiety, and neuroticism. Factorial structure supported the multidimensionality of the scale. (Author/PN)

Item response theory was used to test cross-cultural scalar equivalence of a psychological measurement instrument. The overall modernity scale administered to Hispanic Americans and mainstream subjects was found to be reliable. No differences in attitudes were found between subject groups. (CMG)

Surveyed school psychologists (N=856) to determine the impact of PL 94-142. The results suggested that this legislation has had remarkably little impact on the evaluation procedures used or on the school psychologist's role. Two clear changes may have negative implications (e.g., an increased focus on handicapped children and increased paperwork).…