The necessity for counselors to use modern methods of appraising abilities in order to fill the demand in engineering and the sciences is discussed. Aptitude test scores for three groups of males are charted to illustrate the first problem, identifying those with the requisite talents. Practical problems in identification and counseling and their…

The views of E. L. Thorndike on the future of measurements of abilities, expressed 25 years ago, are summarized, and the future of measurements of abilities as it appears now is examined. Opportunities for improvement now arise mainly from increasing social concern for effective education. Measurement technology has developed rapidly and cannot…

Third in the 1971-72 series, the report provides local school district officials with information regarding their own school districts and its schools as assessed by the Michigan Educational Assessment Program. The information can assist local officials in making decisions regarding the allocation of resources and the design of educational…

This document is an English-language abstract (approximately 1,500 words) that discusses an experimental aptitude test battery that measures aptitude for higher education, developed by the Australian Council for Educational Research. This battery will separate the selection of university students from the measurement of secondary school…

This report describes the development of the 1969-70 Michigan Educational Assessment measures used in assessing the levels and distribution of educational performance for Michigan's districts, schools, and pupils. The report has four sections. The first section contains a brief description of the 1969-70 assessment program, including a statement…

This is the second report on the school achievement of children 6-11 years old in the noninstitutionalized population of the United States as estimated from the Reading and Arithmetic subtest data of the Wide Range Achievement Test (WRAT) obtained in the Health Examination Survey of 1963-65. It contains findings by selected demographic and…

This pamphlet provides a comprehensive listing of mathematics tests available in the United States classified under eight headings: Arithmetic; Junior High; Batteries and General Listings, K-14; High School; General; Algebra; Geometry; Trigonometry; and College-related. Information given for each test includes title, authorship, grade levels and…

The history of the development of National Assessment exercises from the project's inception in 1964 to the present is provided in this monograph. The chapter titles are as follows: I. Introduction; II. Rationale and Criteria for Writing Exercises for National Assessment; III. Initial Reviews; IV. Initial Studies; V. Subject Matter Reviews; VI.…

The objectives described in this report were to develop and implement an elementary school curriculum to meet students' needs and an inservice training program to show the teachers how to teach career development to the students. The six elementary schools in the Newport Independent School District are in a high poverty area with all of the…

This document is the final report of the Instruction Committee of the Diablo Valley College (DVC) Faculty Senate on a two-phase study conducted to determine attitudes and practices relating to final examinations both at DVC and at community colleges throughout California. Phase one involved 275 DVC faculty in a survey of DVC Faculty Practice and…

The National Assessment of Educational Progress uses a variety of test items and scoring techniques in measuring the writing achievement of three age groups--nine, thirteen, and seventeen year olds. This document discusses the holistic scoring of essays, including mechanical correctness and grammatical usage; the primary-trait method of scoring,…

The techniques of individualizing instruction are discussed with respect to two individualized science programs, used in grades K-8 and 7-9. Both programs use self-testing and self-evaluation. (CTM)

This article reviews the development of, and controversy behind, minimum competency testing at the state and national levels. (WI)

Lists four harmful consequences that critics suggest educational testing may have, and in discussing the danger that I.Q. testing may place an indelible stamp of inferiority upon students, this research re-examines the purpose of testing. (Author/RK)

One Hundred Forty-Two freshmen at a college of education in the Leeds Area were given a battery of tests and questionnaires designed to gather information about their performance in tests of written English and their responses to divergent thinking tests. (Editor/RK)