Administered the Activity Vector Analysis (AVA) and the Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire (16PF) (N=144 adults) to examine the concurrent validity of the AVA. Results supported the validity of the AVA's social adjustment measure. (LLL)

Revised CID Everyday Sentence Lists were evaluated for list equivalency when received through speechreading. Results revealed that Harris's revised sentence lists cannot be considered equivalent on the basis of a +/- 10 percent criterion. Clinicians may find the sentences useful, however, for evaluation of training techniques with groups of…

Rated 50 nonclinical couples conjointly and separately on various aspects of their marriage. Both the overall distribution and relative magnitude of correlations supported the basic interpretive intent of the Marital Satisfaction Inventory. Results are contrasted with previous studies of distressed couples. (JAC)

The Clinical Evaluation of Language Functions (CELF) was administered to 21 learning disabled and 21 matched normal adolescents. Results offered limited support for the construct validity of the CELF. (Author/CL)

This report provides additional evidence that the Quick Word Test (Level 2, Form AM) is valid for estimating adult mental ability as defined by the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale. The validation sample is also described to facilitate use of the conversion table developed in the cross-validation analysis. (Author/LY)

Scores of mental age, IQ, social competence, and language functioning of 17 autistic or autistic-like students (5 to 13 years old) were analyzed and compared with scores on B. Rimland's E-2 Scale. (CL)

Examples are given to show that content sampling may be considered a form of operationalism in defining constructs. Five conditions are proposed as necessary if one is to accept the use of a measuring instrument as a valid operational definition on the basis of content sampling alone. (Author/RC)

Examined correspondence between inferences made using two validation strategies (content- and criterion-related) in a specific personnel selection application. Data obtained on experienced form of the interview guide suggested a modest correspondence between inferences made with the two validation strategies. Analyses on inexperienced version did…

This technical report provides an overview of the New York State Alternate Assessment (NYSAA), including a description of the purpose of the NYSAA, the processes utilized to develop and implement the NYSAA program, and Stakeholder involvement in those processes. The purpose of this report is to document the technical aspects of the 2013-14 NYSAA.…

Over the last three decades, higher education institutions have found themselves using vernacular that was once chiefly found in business disciplines, such as value-added and competitive advantage. With the rising costs of tuition, newer-generation students are seeing themselves more and more as customers and universities are beginning to adopt…

The Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) brings tremendous influence to EFL (English as a Foreign Language) learners worldwide. TOEFL 2000 project claims that TOEFL, as a more reflective of communicative model, could provide more information about international students' language ability that it is supposed to measure. However, after…