A multiple-answer multiple-choice test is one which offers several alternate choices for each stem and any number of those choices may be considered to be correct. In this article, a class of scoring procedures called the binary class is discussed. (Author/JKS)

Reviews the purpose of tests and examinations and presents several examples of suggested test items which are designed to increase the teacher's knowledge of student ability. (SL)

Provides information concerning the development and use of the Textbook Questioning Strategies Assessment Instrument (TQSAI). (CP)

The development of the Student Opinion Survey is described in terms of construction of the initial item pool, sampling of items, formation of general and specific scales, and evaluation of psychometric properties. Internal consistency reliabilities, scale intercorrelations, and specific variances are reported. (Author/JKS)

An attitude towards mathematics scale with four subscales was assessed for reliability and validity on a sample of seventh grade students. All subscales demonstrated an adequate degree of reliability and some degree of both convergent and discriminant validity. (Author/JKS)

A series of interrelated studies describe the scale development and empirical validation of the Health Resources Inventory, a teacher measure of primary-grade children's competency-related behavior. The HRI discriminated between normal and disturbed children, and in a more stringent validity test, sensitively differentiated competence levels…

Replies to the immediately preceding article. (IRT)

This article is intended for educators who desire an efficient and automated way to produce many different tests covering the same subject matter. It describes a unique computer program that permits the generation of tests and practice materials by computer. (Author)

Constructed a short screening battery of psychological tests to detect in a short time and without sophisticated equipment the presence of organic brain dysfunction among literate and non-literate subjects. (Author/RK)

Argues that it's time for the evidence on improved methods of assessing English to be reviewed at national level. (Editor)

Modification of instructions to the Activities and Competencies section of Holland's Self-Directed Search to allow users more flexibility in responding to items was compared to the standard set of instructions. Results indicated modified instructions did significantly alter users' summary codes although users were not more satisfied. (Author)

The Vocational Rating Scale (VRS) is a 40-item self-rating scale which attempts to directly assess the individual's awareness of the degree and nature of patterns in his or her specific vocational self-concepts. Scores on the VRS are related to the degree of certainty regarding overall self perception. (Author)

Two instruments were developed and standardized on first-, second-, and third-grade boys and girls. The Toy Preference Test (TPT) measures sex-role preference, and/or Stereotypic Sex-Role Concepts of masculinity (SRCm) and femininity (SCRf), depending upon the instructions used for administration. The Rating Scale for Children (RSC) taps sex-role…

High school students were administered attitude tests with variations in wording (strong or mild) and stance (positive or negative). Resultant data showed that the positive versus negative item structure influenced student responses more than mild versus strong wording. (MLH)

Due to a lack of standardized testing instruments, there is a need for focusing attention on well-organized test construction by individual teachers for evaluation knowledge attainment levels in health education. (MB)