Comparison on the Bender of two groups of second graders with differential reading skills and average-or-above intelligence shows poor performance as often for good readers as for poor ones. Suggests need for extreme caution in test use for diagnosing reading problems. (Author/CJ)

A specialty board departed from usual procedure and had three examiners give oral tests to each of forty-nine candidates for certification in three successive 40-minute periods. This analysis of the three independently assigned scores reveals inconsistencies that question the reliability of current certification testing procedures. (WM)

Critically discusses existing objective tests of students' language abilities. (RD)

Discussion of the attributes of the "Canadian English Language Achievement Test ; paper presented at annual convention of Canadian Council of Teachers of English (1st, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, August 1968). (RD)

Based on Huntington's Ph.D. dissertation, Stanford University. Adapted from paper presented at Convention of American Speech and Hearing Association (36, Los Angeles, Calif., Nov., 1960).

The factorial invariance of a temperament questionnaire was studied using the data provided by 24 teachers of 564 kindergarten through fourth-grade children. A LISREL analysis supported the hypothesized three-factor model and established factorial invariance of the shortened version of a behavioral rating scale constructed by Thomas and Chess.…

Examines the limitations of standardized test scores as predictors of success in college writing courses. Supports the selective use of writing samples as an additional placement tool. (MM)

Nine indices for assessing the accuracy of an individual's test score were evaluated using simulated item responses to a commercial and a classroom test. The indices appear capable of identifying relatively high proportions of examinees with spurious total scores. (Author/PN)

Describes the McMaster Family Assessment Device (FAD), a newly developed questionnaire designed to evaluate families according to the McMaster Model of Family Functioning. Discusses the procedures used to develop the FAD and presents scale means and scale reliabilities from a sample of 503 individuals. (Author/JAC)

Assessed five scales as mental health measures for older persons (N=318). The internal consistency reliabilities for the anxiety, depression, and well-being scales were moderately high to high, but the reliabilities for the affect balance scale suggest some caution. Cutting points for the well-being and depression scales are suggested. (Author/JAC)