The 1967 Invitational Conference on Testing Problems dealt with various aspects of change in education. Papers presented in Session I, Evaluation and Research in Curriculum Development, were: (1) "Adapting the Elementary School Curriculum to Individual Performance" by Robert Glaser, and (2) "An Evaluation Model for Professional…

A descriptive picture of the students in the Minneapolis Public Schools' Special Learning and Behavior Problems (SLBP) Title I ESEA program is presented. Eighteen Title I teachers trained in special learning and behavior problems work in Target Area elementary schools. SLBP teachers provide individual instruction for children with severe learning…

The purpose of this study was to establish score equivalencies between the College Board Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) and its Spanish-language equivalent, the College Board Prueba de Aptitud Academica (PAA). The method of the study involved two phases: the selection of test items equally appropriate for Spanish- and English-speaking students for…

Five groups of college students, each of which had undergone a different high school biology experience, were tested with the Biological Sciences Curriculum Study (BSCS) Comprehensive Final Examination to obtain data on the lasting effects of the BSCS biology courses. The analysis of variance approach indicated highly significant differences among…

The Cross-Cultural Attitude Inventory provides a means for measuring the degree of positive or negative feeling which Mexican-American and Angle students (ages 3 to 18) have for the two cultures. Present test validity is based on face validity and the rationale behind the item selection and construction procedures. The inventory also provides a…

Two Basic Skill Centers were set up in Minneapolis in 1969 to help inner-city students improve their reading skills. This report covers the fourth year's operation of the project. The goals of the program include remediation of subskill weaknesses, achievement of functional reading levels, and raising the rate of reading growth of children in…

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of a series of self-instructional modules (SIMs) for training secondary-level social studies teacher-trainees to develop and ask higher-level questions. Forty subjects enrolled for social studies methods courses were blocked on pre-test scores and randomly assigned to treatment groups.…

This report analyzes the literature related to student services in higher education for the period January - July, 1970. Significant documents are reviewed, major developments discussed, and implications and applications for practice drawn. The paper is divided into four sections: (1) Student Behavior; (2) Student Services; (3) Personnel; and (4)…

The premise advanced by Project P.I.S.C.E.S. (Phoenix Indian School Comprehensive Evaluation for Education of Students) was that physical, educational, and psychological evaluation of students would leave no doubt as to individuals' strengths and weaknesses as these areas relate to learning in a formal academic situation. To complement the…

The major features of Computer Managed Instruction (CMI) are diagnosis and testing, analysis, record keeping, and prescription. Diagnosis and testing are used to evaluate each student's performance at regular intervals. The results are analyzed to update the student's record and provide a prescription which suggests the learning process the…

The research presented in this document has two main hypotheses: (1) From locus of control theory, it was predicted that a warm, supportive, and consistent or stable home environment relates positively to internal control; (2) Methods derived from locus of control theory which increase an individual's observation and experience of behavior-effect…

Evaluation of an individual's progress in an academic or training program requires evaluation of his achievement of a collection of behavioral objectives. The nature of the terminal behavior often imposes a hierarchy on the enabling and entering behaviors that can be used to lend additional meaning to classification of the learner's performance,…

The Spanish-speaking school pupulation in the Northeast has grown significantly in size, but not in success in recent years. The Coleman Report revealed widespread and sustained inequality of educational opportunity for Puerto Ricans. However, the limited amount of other research on Puerto Rican students indicates that the problem lies in the…

The conceptual basis for using individual expectancy scores as a means for determining the success of instruction is presented. An expected gain score is computed for each student, based on a pretest score. The assumption is made that without a change in the learning environment the student will continue to gain at his previous average rate. The…

The measurement of racial attitudes in contemporary America is presented with some serious methodological obstacles. In an attempt to eliminate these obstacles, Sedlacek and Brooks developed the Situational Attitude Scale (SAS) to measure the attitudes of whites toward blacks. It includes two Forms, A and B. The effects of the same individual…