Reports the recent work by Arthur Jensen correlating reaction time to intelligence. Jensen hypothesizes a noncognitive mechanism for superior reaction times. (MDR)

The Object Assembly and Block Design Tests of the Wechsler Scale were correlated with the Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking for a sample of undergraduates. Results indicate that these Wechsler Scales may reflect creative thinking. (JKS)

The author of the Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking reviews uses and abuses of creativity tests, distinctions between intelligence and creativity (including racial factors and heritability issues), and methods of using the tests (such as therapy for test phobia and as an introduction to further training experiences). (CL)

Suggests that educational testing is not only big business in this country, it is also a big game. The "Testing Game", as it is called, refers to an ongoing series of transitions which progress to well-defined, predictable outcomes. (Author/AM)

The author argues that general intelligence assessment should be abandoned on moral and theoretical grounds, but that the conceptualization, testing, and identification of specific intellectual abilities is both defensible and worthwhile. (MB)

As measured by references in Buros' Mental Measurement Yearbooks, recent trends in test research are measured. The 24 tests with the greatest number of publications are identified, and growth trends of 5 major tests are shown. (Author/DEP)

The study compared the Leiter International Performance Scale (LIPS) and the Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence measures with 18 hearing impaired preschool children. Results suggested that the LIPS, with some reservations, is a valid instrument for use with deaf preschoolers. (DB)

Administered the Stanford-Binet, Fourth Edition, to 31 mentally retarded adolescents who had previously been tested with the Stanford-Binet, L-M, with a mean interval between testings of 17.3 months. Found an intertest correlation of .86 and a median intelligence quotient change of three points in either direction. Compatability of scores supports…

An argument that Binet must be regarded as a major theoretician of functional intelligence and should be considered for what is regarded as classical intelligence theory is advanced. A discourse on Binet's theory, its intellectual context and the developments it fostered is given. (JL)

Psychometric g is by far more highly correlated with all tests conventionally called "IQ," cognitive abilities, and the like, than any other single factor or combination of other factors independent of g. Researchers must now examine the nature of psychometric g, including its causal underpinnings. (LMO)

This is an introductory comment by the organizer of the 1986 symposium of the National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME). The symposium was organized as a memorial to the late Roger Lennon, former president of NCME and a scholar in the field of educational measurement. (JAZ)

Accuracy, interpretability, and user friendliness are some of the relevant criteria used to determine the comparative worthwhileness of three computer programs designed for interpreting the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised. (Author/ABB)

The Perkins-Binet Test of Intelligence for the Blind, Form U; the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised (WISC-R), Verbal Scale; and the Wide Range Achievement Test (WRAT) were administered to 52 low-vision children in the third, fifth, seventh, and ninth grades. Results indicated that the mean ten scores on the two tests of intelligence…

Paper discusses advantages and disadvantages of using the Leiter International Performance Scale with autistic children and presents the results of a study comparing the performance of 18 autistic children on the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised and the Leiter. Results showed a high positive correlation between the WISC-R…

The author answers Terman's allegations. He states that, while he honestly thinks that there is a considerable future for mental testing, it is also a field that could be dangerous if the people in positions of leadership are "loose-minded." (CT)