The correlation between bias components of test scores and unbiased observed scores is shown to be an effective predictor of changes in reliability and validity resulting from elimination of bias. Plausible assumptions about value of correlation and size of related variance components indicate that reducation in reliability and validity is a…

A test found responses to the Sickness Impact Profile highly reliable, whether administered in Spanish or English. However, construct validity of responses by Mexican Americans using the Spanish version, non-Hispanics using the English version, and Mexican Americans using the English version was weak. (CMG)

Constructed a Modified Purpose in Life Scale and used item analysis to validate it on a sample of 177 Oklahoma retirees and 202 Taiwan retirees. Results suggested the seven-item Modified PIL is a satisfactory measure of psychological well-being among the elderly and a valid tool for cross-national comparisons. (JAC)

Administered the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test-Revised, Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test, and Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised to mildly retarded adults (N=21). Results indicated that the revised Peabody tended to yield significantly lower estimates of functioning than did the other measures. (Author/LLL)

Describes a study that was made to determine the validity of five new tests in the Ohio Vocational Education Achievement Test Program given to high school juniors and seniors. Concludes that these tests constitute one important benchmark against which to examine and evaluate vocational education curricula. (NRJ)

With the aid of funds received through a Title III ESEA, Section 306 grant, the San Juan Board of Cooperative Services (Colorado) has developed a system to aid teachers in evaluating their students. (Author)

Previous studies of the validity of gains on high-stakes tests have compared trends in scores on a high-stakes test to trends on a lower-stakes test, such as NAEP. However, generalizability of gains is likely to be incomplete even when gains are meaningful because of differences in the inferences the two tests are designed to support. Therefore,…

The Barrett-Lennard Relationship Inventory, an instrument used to measure the empathic understanding, level of regard, congruence, and unconditionality of regard, is studied using a rotated principal-components analysis of the Inventory's subtests to ascertain whether it measures one general factor or four separate relationship aspects. (Author/RP)

The present study examined long-term relationships among the SIT, the Stanford-Binet, L-M (SB) and the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC). (Author)

The data presented does not support any concurrent appropriateness for the standardized measures in a graduate program employing the grade point average as the major criterion for granting degrees. (Author)

Rorschach protocols of all inpatients since 1960 known to have committed suicide either during or subsequent to hospitalization (n=12) are compared with the Rorschach protocols of a closely matched control group. The results suggest that the presence of transparency and cross-sectional representations is a reliable indicator of suicidal intent.…

Six short forms of the WAIS were compared as to their accuracy for estimating full scale IQs in a mentally retarded population. (Author)

Study compared three item arrangements on a classroom test: arrangement by subject matter, arrangement by ascending order of difficulty, and arrangement by ascending order of difficulty within subject-matter subtests. (Authors/CB)