Reprinted from "The BC English Teacher, April 1969. (SW)

Presents the procedures, results, and conclusions of a study designed to determine the development of the intellectual skills needed for understanding of the nature of scientific enquiry by BSCS pupils in Israel. (LC)

Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, Chicago, Illinois, February, 1968.

Spanish translations of English forms of the Peabody Picture Vocabulary test were compared experimentally. Spanish-speaking children scored higher on the English version. Significant interactions of trial x form and trial x language were found. This local Spanish version is inappropriate for use with bilingual children. Full standardization is…

Describes the construction and testing of an instrument to assess attitudes toward voluntary simplicity of lifestyle. The scale consists of 120 Likert items concerning such behaviors as recycling, home production of goods, conservation of resources, and sharing of skills. (SK)

Summarizes item review in the development of criterion-referenced tests, including logical item review, which examines the match between instructional intent and the items; empirical item review, which examines response patterns; traditional item review; and instructional sensitivity of test items. Twenty-eight references are listed. (MBR)

This study compares the results obtained using the Angoff, borderline group, and contrasting groups methods of determining performance standards. Congruent results were obtained from the Angoff and contrasting groups methods for several test forms. Borderline group standards were not similar to standards obtained with other methods. (Author/PN)

The Audio Visual Inventory of Interpersonal Competence (AIIC) is designed to measure elementary-aged children's interpersonal competence. Two studies were conducted, with the first to develop the AIIC and the second to establish AIIC reliability, based on 641 elementary-aged children's responses. Results suggest that the AIIC is a reliable…

Examines Rasmussen's Ego Identity Scale for internal consistency reliability and construct validity. Subjects included 114 primarily White and middle-class seventh- and twelfth-grade students. Implications for identity assessment are drawn. (Author/RH)

Constructed three new scales (neurotic, psychotic, and maladjustment overlap scales) to test the hypothesis that overlapping items of Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory scales measure factors common to the criterion groups associated with the scales. Results support the hypothesis and the validity of the three new scales. (WAS)

Describes the development of the Reasons for Living Inventory (RFL), an instrument to measure beliefs potentially important as reasons for not committing suicide. Factor analyses indicated six primary reasons for living. The RFL was given to Seattle shoppers (N=197) and psychiatric inpatients (N=195) and differentiated suicidal from nonsuicidal…

The increasing relation between domain-referenced measurement and its implications in instruction are discussed with the argument that construction methods available do not guarantee content validity which needs more attention to be effective. Two domain-referenced testing procedures illustrate construction and validity problems. (CM)

Describes the Examination Question System, a computer-assisted testing system developed by and used at the University of Mississippi School of Health Related Professions. Individual programs within the system are described and ordering information is included. (JJD)