The purpose of this paper was to examine the factor structure of the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery, Forms 8, 9, and 10. The analyses provided evidence of the replicability of ability constructs across diverse samples. (Author/PN)

The factor structure of the Adult Norwicki-Strickland I-E Scale, sampling 174 college students, indicated differential factor dimensionality for males and females. The findings also support the contention that I-E is multidimensional in nature; however, these dimensions reflecting factorial validity have not been found to be consistently reliable…

Supports use of multiple paradigms for the measurement of individual differences in the search for explanations of natural language. Rather than a single paradigm discipline, they offer a wider scope of inquiry--phenomena of interest, types of questions, and forms of explanations, as well as opening the discipline to inspiration and analogy from…

Questions the construct validity, representatives of the norms, and reliability of the Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children. While the K-ABC is attractively produced and easy to administer, reliance on a particular theory restricts the range of cognitive abilities sampled. (JAC)

Finds a number of problems with the test and concludes that there is little real advantage to using it in preference to other published informal reading inventories now available. (FL)

An English-as-a-second-language reading comprehension test is analyzed, first using classical measurement procedures and then using the Rasch Model latent trait procedures. Results indicate that the Rasch Model analysis procedure produced numerous advantages for the test developer. Summarizes and describes 13 of these advantages. (SED)

Two groups (learning disabled and normal) of 15 children were administered the Luria-Nebraska Neuropsychological Battery-Children's Revision and the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised. Considering abnormal or borderline profiles as indicative of learning disability was 93.3 percent accurate in discriminating between groups.…

The construct validity of the Receptive-Expressive Emergent Language Scale (REEL) was investigated with 60 mentally retarded children (1-3 years old). Results indicated that REEL language ages were generally consistent with samples of communicative behavior and were also related significantly to indices of children's cognitive functioning.…

Investigated the validity of subtest short forms for the Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence in an outpatient population of 116 children. Data showed that the short forms underestimated actual level of intelligence and supported use of a short form only as a brief screening device. (LLL)

Explored the relationship between the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test-Revised (PPVT-R) and the Peabody Individual Achievement Test (PIAT) administered to a sample of 29 mentally retarded children. Findings indicated that the PPVT-R predicted achievement as measured by the PIAT only moderately; and that PPVT-R scores correlated with achievement…

Discusses the relationship between subjective evaluation and objective measures of ESL writing proficiency. Objective measures used in this study accounted for 84 percent of the variance of subjective grades assigned to a sample of compositions. Author suggests that training readers can be important to the reliability and the validity of the…

A summary of the writing assessment programs reviewed in this journal is presented. The problems inherent in the programs are outlined. A coordinated research program on major problems in writing assessment is proposed as being beneficial and cost-effective. (DWH)

Examined the degree to which self-monitored heart rate, respiration rate, and finger temperature are valid indicators of relaxation, in a study of 45 Canadian college students. A comparison of self-monitored and externally monitored measures showed the self-monitored measures are accurate. (JAC)

Determined how a current sample of college students' (N=301) responses on the Study of Values (SOV) instrument relate to the 1960 norms of the SOV manual. Results showed that economic values were higher and social values were lower than in 1960, suggesting a need for revision of the SOV norms. (LLL)

Compared self-reports from 215 adults to the external criterion of spouse ratings of personality traits to separate substance from style in social desirability (SD) scales. Results showed that correcting self-reports for SD failed to improve correspondence with an external, objective criterion and in several cases lowered agreement. (LLL)