This article describes a new testing method which can be used to screen learning-deficient children fast, reliably, and inexpensively out of any population of public school systems. (Editor)

College English departments displayed little agreement about the importance of grammar or about the type of grammar students should learn. (JH)

Examines the research methods used in creating the National Association of Secondary School Principals volume "Guidelines for Improving SAT Scores." (IRT)

College freshman English teachers and high school sophomore English teachers reported the variables they use in grading; their responses were factor analyzed. Teachers' grading practices varied considerably, and knowledge of practices added to the ability of test scores to predict course grades. (Author/CTM)

Neither racial minorities nor women should be made the scapegoats for the numbers and admissions crunch. Larger issues of admissions should be reexamined. The assumption that only numerical indices measure "quality" or "merit" or potential for performance in a profession should be questioned. (Author/EB)

This study investigated sex differences on the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised (WISC-R) subtests for retarded males and females who were matched in terms of WISC-R Full Scale IQ's. Sample consisted of 126 children. Evidence from the investigation indicated that a significant interaction effect existed between sex and subtest…

Integration, testing practices, and the mandate for multicultural education have made individuals more aware of changing practices within the school community. Professionals, however, have not acted in a way that is fair to all children. There is a need for behaviors which reflect a congruence between an individual's professional role and a…

The position paper on unbiased assessment of culturally different children provided impetus for describing fallacies: that child advocacy necessitates renunciation of standardized assessments, that diagnoses are either harmful or useless, that use of norms is detrimental, that standardized tests are devoid of value, and that multidisciplinary…

Examines the relationship between selected variables in the student's background and success in nursing chemistry and the relationship between the student's performance on the American Chemical Society's Cooperative Examination and the Chemistry Achievement Examination of the National League for Nursing. (CP)

Just as the Grey Squirrel and the Little Owl were brought to England by well-intentioned enthusiasts so also are well meaning educational enthusiasts anxious to import attainment tests from America. In the former case the results were disastrous for ecology and this research stresses some of the lessons to be learned from the American experience…

The reading comprehension items for a revision of the Nelson Reading Skills Test were administered to several hundred fourth and sixth-grade pupils in order to determine the passage dependency of each item. The passage dependency index was used to locate weak items. (Author/JKS)

Examines the predictive validity of the Scholastic Aptitude Test and high school achievement when predicting college freshmen grades. Results show that females are more predictable than males and the ability to predict college grades from these two variables seems to be decreasing. (Author/DEP)

This paper is concerned with the norm-referenced, standardized achievement, aptitude, and intelligence tests that are being administered to elementary and secondary school children in our schools today. Why do school systems continue the use of standardized tests despite all the abuse being heaped on the practice? (Author)