The placement or ordering of items on behavior rating scales which elicit extreme responses (anchor stimulus items) affect the responses given to neutral items. (DG)

This article is a reply to a previous paper (see TM 500 488) interpreting Livingston's original article (see TM 500 487). (CK)

A list of publication sources for language tests and a 48-item bibliography are appended; a preprint from a pamphlet to be published by the National Conference on Research in English. (Editor/RD)

Suggests approximately 200 words of religious denotation that should be added to the Dale-Chall List of 3,000 Familiar Words when assessing the readability of materials that contain a Catholic vocabulary." (VJ)

Reappraises the validity and reliability of Vocabulary and Block Design (V-VD) as a short form of the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS), the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC), and the Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence (WPPI). Presents a table for converting the sum of scaled scores into an estimate of Full…

This paper describes the development of EPT (English-Second-Language Placement Test) 100-200-300 which places adult students into the first three levels of English-Second-Language classes and discusses work done on EPT 400-500-600, an experimental test to place students in the last three levels of ESL classes. (Author/FB)

Compares 512 second and fifth graders' oral main idea responses to three paragraphs read silently and concludes that main idea responses increase in quality across grade level and that responses to paragraphs differ according to content. Bibliography. (MD)