Suggests methods for developing higher level objective test questions. Taxonomies that define learning outcomes are discussed; and examples for various test types are presented, including multiple correct answers; more complex forms, including classification and multiple true-false; relations and correlates; and interpretive exercises. (LRW)

Offers excerpts of current assessment methods in vocational-technical education taken from the 1994 report "Testing and Assessment in Vocational Education" prepared by the Office of Technology Assessment. Includes information on Work Keys and national skill standards in the United Kingdom. (JOW)

This study established criterion-related validity for the Reading Passages Subtest of a locally developed curriculum-based measurement (CBM) instrument, with cross-validation across reading curricula and criterion measures. Correlations of 479 primary grade students' reading scores on the Comprehensive Test of Basic Skills provided support for CBM…

Revised Client Verbal Response Category System by creating client behavior system (CBS), which includes eight nominal, mutually exclusive categories. When CBS was used to rate predominant client behavior in middle sessions, adequate interjudge agreement was found, with cognitive-behavioral exploration occurring most frequently. Client experiencing…

Conducted two studies to examine relationship commitment, considered as two constructs (personal dedication and constraint commitment). Developed Commitment Inventory and administered initial inventory to 141 subjects (Study 1) and revised inventory to 279 subjects (Study 2). Demonstrated that Commitment Inventory shows promise as reliable and…

This article examines the effects of some of the testing procedures used in current second-language reading research on learners' performance on these tasks and suggests guidelines for developing future research instruments and classroom reading comprehension tests. (Contains 40 references.) (VWL)

To realize the dividends from the relationship between testing and teaching, teacher and administrator preparation and inservice training must be redesigned so that professionals are equipped to interpret results from norm-referenced and criterion-referenced tests designed by experts. (JOW)

Developed Community Service Attitude Inventory (CSAI) to provide a measurement tool to further understanding of community service use by family caregivers of dementia patients. Testing of CSAI revealed five distinct components of family attitudes toward use of community services. (Author/NB)

Undergraduate technology education students were divided into 4 groups: 47 took an in-class test, 61 a take-home test, and 63 no test. Both types of tests appeared to promote retention learning. Choice of test depends upon the learning situation and the specific objectives to be tested. (SK)

Reviews the current status of computerized test generators, which can assist teachers in the development and writing of good tests. Provides comparative strengths and weaknesses of 11 major test-generating programs. Shows how word processors and database programs can also assist the production of tests. (HB)

Two structural laws for intelligence tests are discussed: one law concerns the sign of correlation coefficients and gives conditions under which all correlations between test items will be positive; and one law concerns the relative sizes of the correlation coefficients between intelligence items. A cylindrical structure extends these laws. (SLD)

Describes the construction of a new instrument to measure college student hassles. Results from the 20-item Brief College Student Hassles Scale (BCSHS) indicated that greater perceived hassles were associated with a pessimistic outlook and more persistent symptoms of poor psychological adjustments in college students. (Author/LLL)

A procedure for checking the score equivalence of nearly identical editions of a test is described and illustrated with Scholastic Aptitude Test data. The procedure uses the standard error of equating and uses graphical representation of score conversion deviations from the identity function in standard error units. (SLD)

Evaluated ability of premarital assessment instrument, PREParation for Marriage (PREP-M) Questionnaire to predict marital satisfaction and stability one year after marriage. Findings suggest that higher premarital PREP-M scores, higher marital satisfaction and stability. Means for most satisfied and stable individuals were usually significantly…

Examined psychometric properties of Client Resistance Scale (CRS). Results indicated that CRS subscales were reliable with data from master's-level judges who rated client speaking turns for six sessions with six expert therapists. Subscales were significantly positively correlated with each other, and client resistance differed as function of…