Author argued that educational evaluation must be broadened considerably from a narrow, quantitative approach to one that also includes qualitative aspects of educational life. (Author/RK)

Examines the problems of constructing tests and shows how the rules of transformation generative grammar can be used to produce easily understood test questions. (RB)

The author examines performance contracting, the planning programming and budgeting system (PPBS), testing, and the voucher system to show that accountability (when equated to expenditures and statistical data) is inappropriate when applied to education. (MJB)

Attempts to retain the gains that have been made and recapture desirable aspects of the IOA technique that may have been lost over the years. Describes seven major assumptions on which the technique is based. The IOA reveals the relative level of achievement of each of the instructional objectives by individual students as well as by groups of…

Authors are officials at the Education Department of the National Union of Teachers and have been monitoring the policies of LEAs concerning testing and assessment in schools. Here is their report. (Editor/RK)

Reports results of a study conducted to determine the level of occupational knowledge of fourth, fifth, and sixth graders and the extent to which these levels are influenced by the rural community in which the students live. It was concluded that a career education program would provide more knowledge of non-local occupations to give rural…

A formula for converting raw test scores to refined, more meaningful scores is presented. Formula scores are easily computed. (SD)

The president of the Educational Testing Service gives a history and an overview of the organization. (IRT)

The article summarizes a typology of 21 selected curriculum-based assessment (CBA) measures available to early childhood specialists serving handicapped children, including normal developmental CBA scales, adaptive measures, handicap-specific instruments, strategy-matched materials, and curriculum-referenced measures. (Author/JW)

A monograph issue on the development and use of a prescriptive measurement method is introduced. Given such a measurement system, it is possible to investigate both level and pattern of a student's performance, and to diagnose specific gaps in learning. (LMO)

This paper provides a list of 10 salient features of the standard error of measurement, contrasting it to the reliability coefficient. It is concluded that the standard error of measurement should be regarded as a primary characteristic of a mental test. (Author/DWH)

The bibliography includes a selective listing of books, microfiche, and reference materials on educational and psychological testing, including tests for special populations. Suggested subject headings are noted, and five general information sources listed. Seventy-seven references on particular tests are arranged alphabetically by author. (CL)

This article discusses the psychological theories and concepts of Alfred Binet and how they have been misused in modern school psychology. (DMT)

It is sometimes assumed that students (a) know which questions they will be best at answering in an examination, and (b) know how well they have performed after completing an examination. These hypotheses were tested for 50 dental students who completed a six-question essay examination in Human Physiology and Pharmacology. (Editor/RK)

Many people in California have wondered what types of students have passed the California High School Proficiency Examination and whether these students left high school after passing the examination. A 14-item multiple choice questionnaire was sent to 356 students in San Diego County who passed the test in the hope of answering those questions.…