Given the problems of evaluating student teachers objectively, consistently, and with regard for acquired skills, knowledge, and attitudes, Whitman College education faculty sought to design a student teacher evaluation form using detailed descriptions of nine areas of teacher behavior. This article describes the instrument's construction and…

Data from 182 teachers showed the Educational Attitude Survey to be a factorially valid and highly reliable measure. Its 16 items yield three scores: administrative aspects of mainstreaming, educational aspects, and total score. (Author/CP)

In 1974 a program was developed in New South Wales (Australia) to remedy the loss of interest in French language instruction in the high schools. The magazine "Passe-Partout," oriented to teenage interests, was used for reading material in one portion of the program and as part of the comprehensive examination. (MSE)

Tailored testing by Cliff's method of implied orders was simulated through the use of responses gathered during conventional administration of the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale. Tailoring eliminated approximately half the responses with only modest decreases in score reliability. (Author/BW)

Describes the development and validation of a 40-item Sexist Attitudes toward Women Scale (SATWS) which has high internal consistency reliability for both college students and nonstudent adults and the SATW scale scores are independent of social desirability scores. (Author)

An analytical, integrating perspective on much of the classroom environment research conducted in the 1970s is provided. The initial development of the Learning Environment Inventory and original research programs are described. (RL)

Symptom scales were developed for three parallel symptom checklists for three types of informants used in diagnostic evaluation. These scales were designed to maximize the comparability of data across informants without sacrificing the distinctiveness of different evaluators' frames of reference. Cluster analyses of checklists yielded nine…

Discusses the construction and use of criterion-referenced student feedback instruments which make specific reference to course objectives and allow the instructor to determine student perceptions on how well these objectives are achieved. (RAO)

Common items, items which appear on several scales on psychological tests, are investigated in this study. It is concluded that the common item problem is not a serious one in personality measurement. (Author/JKS)

Points out the methodological inadequacies and problematic interpretations of a negative assessment of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children that was performed by J. B. Hardy, D. W. Welcher, F. D. Mellits, and J. Kagan. (Author/RL)

Five-year-olds were found to give more conserving responses to small number versions than to a large number version of a test of identity conservation. Superiority of performance with small number versions was reduced but not eliminated when the opportunity to requantify was removed. (Author/SJL)

An initial research referral instrument was created and evaluated. Results suggested an effective referral instrument could more effectively capitalize upon the skill and training of a professional counselor in contributing to a more useful psychological-vocational evaluation report by a counseling psychologist. Evaluation data were used to revise…

The Psychological Screening Inventory (PSI) was administered to 1,123 subjects in the 13-16 year age range. This group was divided into groups less likely and a more likely to appear in court. These were compared to a group on juvenile probation. Significant differences were found on several of the PSI scales. (Author)

Though speaking ability receives priority in FL teaching, grades are given with little attention to it. Tests in current use are examined; a new one is proposed. The individual test is preferred to group tests. Various aspects of the individual oral test are discussed. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)

Identifies and documents some of the types and kinds of testing and evaluation infractions to which secondary school children are exposed, illustrates proper procedures in an attempt to reduce the probability of their recurrence, and explores the possible contributing causes for this situation with suggestions for change. (Author/RK)