An instrument to assess specific components of the clinical performance of residents, regardless of their medical specialty, was developed and validated. The Resident Evaluation Form contains 33 rating scales which measure nine categories of performance. (Author/CTM)

In order to determine the concurrent validity of the Language Assessment Scale I as a measure of English language proficiency, test scores were compared to teacher judgment as reflected in a rating scale. Scores correlated .73 with a quantitative measure of teacher judgment. (Author/CTM)

Reports on study which investigated Black and White adolescents' political revenge attitudes, attempted to establish the concurrent validity of a political revenge measure, and tested a model of political revenge antecedents. (MK)

Discussed are five aspects of testing the oral language production of young native speakers of English, the validity of such testing, the relationship of tests to everyday speech activities, and the irrelevance of models drawn from foreign language testing. (Author/KC)

Salient concerns for practitioners of fitness testing are identified. (JD)

Certain kinds of multiple-choice reading comprehension questions may be answered correctly at the higher-than-chance level when they are administered without the accompanying passage. These high risk questions do not necessarily lead to passage dependence invalidity. They threaten but do not prove invalidity. (Author/CP)

This questionnaire contains measures of attitudes, motivation, behavior and knowledge associated with alcohol use and abuse. Although the Adolescent Alcohol Questionnaire was created for use with a specific education program, results suggest its utility in the evaluation of other education programs. (Author)

The invariance of factor structures in the Guilford Zimmerman Temperament Survey is clearly evident. Basic personality structure appears little affected by social and historical change. Results favor the stability model for objectively measured personality traits in adult males. (JAC)

Discusses the Adapted Modified Role Repertory Test (AMRRT), which was developed to measure cognitive complexity in children. AMRRT scores correlated significantly with age, thus supporting the assumption that cognitive complexity increases as a function of age. Offers strong empirical support for the construct validity of the AMRRT. (Author)

An eight-item instrument was constructed to measure the skills represented by four of Carkhuff's scales of facilitative interpersonal functioning. Subjects responded to stimulus statements presented on a video cassette. Results supported the usefulness of this approach to evaluate interpersonal functioning. (Author/RC)

Student evaluations of their instructors are useful in assessing the quality of instruction. Under appropriate conditions, a positive correlation between the average evaluation and the average student performance indicates that the evaluations are valid. (Author/CJ)

This article presents the initial methodology involved in the construction of a self-report instrument of delinquent behavior, as well as the comparison of 10 frequency and seriousness weighting schemes. Results indicate that the inclusion of weighting schemes does not strengthen the instrument or add to its applicability. (Author)

Using the Jesness Inventory (JI), personality patterns of delinquents were compared with a socially acting-out group and a control group. The Asocial Index was significant across and between all groups with a progressive increase in T scores directly related to delinquent involvement. (Author)

The study compared 29 5- to 11-year-old children's performance on two tests of articulation, the Deep Test of Articulation and the Arizona Articulation Proficiency Scale: Revised. (Author/SBH)

Questions are raised regarding the validity of norm-referenced tests and mass testing as accurate methods for evaluating student educational needs. (LH)