The Arizona Tax Research Association analyzed the Arizona Teacher Proficiency Examination (ATPE). An item analysis of the 150 questions administered to 2,430 applicants from July 1982 through March 1983 was undertaken. A minimum point biserial correlation coefficient of .33 indicated the validity of an item. Nearly two-thirds (64 percent) of the…

The Nelson Denny Reading Test (NDRT) is probably the most widely used test of reading comprehension at the college level in the nation. However, reviews of the test, as well as recent reports of its failure to adequately measure gain or lack of gain of college students enrolled in reading improvement courses, do not support the popularity it has…

Part I of this document contains materials that relate to the Screening Test for Adult Learning Difficulties (STALD). The test, other testing materials, and test administrator's sheets are provided as attachments. The test is aimed at screening adult learners individually to see whether characteristics common to adults with learning difficulties…

This report, one of several prepared for a comprehensive policy study of early childhood education in Illinois, provides a technical review of the following twelve instruments for screening, assessing, and diagnosing young children's readiness for school: Brigance Diagnostic Inventory of Early Development; Brigance K & 1 Screen for Kindergarten…

This publication is intended as a reference for school-level personnel, such as nurses, selected teachers, and administrators, on the procedures for initiating and maintaining a scoliosis screening program for girls in grade seven and boys in grade eight. It provides school personnel with a document that contains standards for school screening…

In an effort to develop a model for identifying handicapped preschoolers in rurally scattered communities, a Pennsylvania community (defined by township and school district lines) was selected for study. Employing school census data, a list of children under six years of age was used in conjunction with a public service announcement to produce a…

Methods are described for constructing Resolution IV screening designs that are robust to linear, quadratic, and cubic trend effects and will also keep the number of factor-level changes for some variables at a minimum. Complete designs, capable of screening up to 32 variables, are provided along with appropriate methods of analysis. (Author)

A review of the use and abuse, it is stated, of tests administered to qualify persons for employment, focusing on their effect on equal opportunity, noting that most debates on fair tests use revolve around a conflict in value systems -- those which emphasize merit, and seek to minimize errors of selection, versus those which emphasize equality.…

Progress in early identification of handicapped children in the United Kingdom has been accomplished through casefinding on an organized basis, routine examinations and screenings. (Author/CL)

The evaluation of a behavioral screening procedure for the detection of both conduct disordered and withdrawn children was implemented in two phases among children enrolled in a rural Head Start program. The first phase focused on preliminary identification, through teacher rankings and classroom observation, of a population of the most withdrawn…

A statewide random sampling of seven groups of professional educators (N=90) and 30 parents of learning disabled (LD) students were compared for their degree of agreement on the Modified Component Disability Instrument. Professionals included teachers of LD adolescents, remedial reading teachers, school psychologists, speech clinicians, school…

Three alternative methods for placing post-secondary students into freshman English or remedial writing classes are compared. The study contrasted: (1) a proposed system-wide test combining multiple choice and essay scores; (2) the holistic essay scoring procedures used at separate university campuses; and (3) an analytic scoring rubric developed…