An assessment approach for students with special needs includes an initial screening and a time sampling observation of the student in class. Observations are then used as discussion points with parents, children, and staff confidence; the approach nevertheless suffers from a lack of available classroom-based assessment programs. (CL)

Performed a principal axes factor anlaysis on Mini-Mult item data obtained from 249 medical and psychiatric patients. Six factors were extracted. Nonoverlapping summative scales were constructed and their reliabilities evaluated. The scales were recommended for applications in which it is desirable to avoid excessive item overlap. (JAC)

The Pre-Reading-Screening Procedures and the Slingerland Screening Tests for Identifying Children with Specific Language Disability were administered to 1021 grade one to six students. Results indicated that reliability and validity coefficients were acceptable and that educational programing decisions could confidently be based on the test…

This article discusses several important validation issues involved in teacher certification and presents a six-stage model for determining the job-relatedness of any screening test used for selecting or certifying teachers. This model is illustrated with examples from the research related to the National Teacher Examinations. (Author)

This study compared the effectiveness of the recently-developed Early Screening Profiles (ESP) with the Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children (K-ABC), two screening tests designed to measure the cognitive, language, motor, and social development of preschool children. The tests were administered in counterbalanced order to a sample of 29…

The present study attempts to discover ways to improve the usefulness of the Bender Gestalt Test as a screening instrument for school beginners, especially for individual pupils. (Author)

A health-screening program found that 5-10 percent of adults had some type of laryngeal or nasopharyngeal pathology recognizable by a deviant voice quality. (KW)

A statewide project in South Dakota has screened the vision of 2,578 elderly persons in 90 nursing homes, finding 13 percent legally blind and referring 32 percent for services either from agencies for the blind or from physicians or optometrists. (KW)