The United States Employment Service (USES) Specific Aptitude Test Battery (SATB) for Gambling Dealer is evaluated from three points of view: (1) technical adequacy of the research; (2) fairness to minorities; and (3) usefulness of the battery to Job Service staff and employers in selecting individuals for training as Gambling Dealers. Research…

The literature on item bias, i.e., the question of whether some items in tests favor one cultural group over another cultural group due to irrelevant factors, is reviewed and evaluated. All known references through 1981 are described including a large number of unpublished reports. Each method is described and the criticisms that have appeared in…

Reports a study to develop an instrument to measure the junior high school students' level of awareness of environmental problems and perception of possible solutions. Utilizes color slides with forced choice questions related to four constructs: perception, belief, attitude, and value. (SH)

A Vocational interests inventory-- "Ramak" --based on Roe's (1956) classification of occupations was constructed. It consisted of 72 names of occupations. Equivalent-test reliability of 0.76 was achieved. The inventory was validated on working samples and by the structure of intercorrelations. (Author)

The use of the regression equation derived from the Anglo-American sample to predict grades of Mexican-American students resulted in overprediction. An examination of the standardized regression weights revealed a significant difference in the weight given to the Scholastic Aptitude Test Mathematics Score. (Author/BB)

Evaluated the use of the T-unit in the scoring of spoken and written work by children learning a second language. (RK)

A discussion of an efficient assignment plan for the domain-referenced testing program to govern how examinees encounter the items. (Author)

A discussion of the role of domain-referenced testing in educational accountability. (HB)

Describes the test item analysis used in test construction. (JR)

Tips on constructing survey instruments and examples of alternative formats for questionnaire items are provided in this paper. The 18 tips cover such areas as instructions for respondents, wording of questionnaire items, grouping of items, handling of difficult or sensitive questions, fixed-response items, open-ended questions, and questionnaire…

Three studies were performed to test the feasibility of the PLATO Computer Assisted Instruction system for on-line testing of reading skills. In Study 1, three different approaches to vocabulary assessment were tested: self-screening, synonym, and word matching under brief exposure. One hundred ten subjects from a Chicago, Illinois, public…

This paper discusses the use of compliance tests and evaluation tests in two experiments dealing with specific questions of acceptability in English syntax. The experiments, conducted in 1970 at the University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee, involved undergraduate students in their third or fourth years. The compliance tests, which are operation oriented…