The alternate program at McBride School was an organizational and curricular modification that offered optional activities, community recreation, semestering of some subjects, and unstructured time. It involved four intermediate grade classes. Questionnaires were distributed to students who were enrolled in the alternate program and to their…

The adequacy of using a combination of criterion-scaled non-school variables to predict achievement score means of schools is discussed. Non-school data gathered on eighth-grade students were criterion-scaled, using the total score of the Metropolitan Achievement Test. Eight non-school category scores and actual achievement scores of selected…

A comprehensive assessment was made of the status of elementary education in Missouri in reading, mathematics, language, and study skills. The Comprehensive Tests of Basic Skills (CTBS) and the Short Form Test of Academic Aptitude (SFTAA) were administered to a sample of Missouri fourth and sixth graders. For each curricular area, Missouri…

The results of a survey conducted to determine the perception of teachers of the climate surrounding the administration of the Iowa Tests of Educational Development (ITED) are presented. The results are related to the following two questions: (1) Do teachers feel that the test results are being used by teachers, administrators, and counselors? (2)…

Since the occurrence of overprediction of college grades for blacks has been found primarily in studies using SAT scores as predictors, a study was initiated to investigate the overprediction phenomenon when the ACT was used in conjunction with high school grades as a predictor of college GPA. College freshman-year GPA was used as the criterion…

This report contains the original article by Christopher Jencks and Mary Jo Bane on inequality, which was based on the book entitled, Inequality: A Reassessment of the Effect of Family and Schooling in America, by Christopher Jencks and others. To assist school administrators in assessing Jencks' findings, the American Association of School…

A detailed outline is provided of the steps necessary to use the Validity Study Service provided by the National Teacher Examinations (NTE) program at Educational Testing Service. It is intended to assist those school districts, teacher-training institutions, and state certification offices that have NTE data to establish a standard system for…

Evidence on how the psychometric properties of verbal and quantitative academic aptitude tests are affected when item options are weighted using rather simple conceptual procedures is presented. This is discussed in connection with the scoring methods used on the Graduate Record Examinations. (DG)

Implicit in most of the recommendations for teaching reading is the inclusion of structural analysis as a part of the instructional program for developing skills in word recognition. This study focused on the development and standardization of a criterion referenced syllabication skills test designed to evaluate the individual proficiency of…

The general emphasis of Project LONGSTEP was on the identification of changes in student achievement that occur as a result of exposure to intensive educational innovation. During the course of the project, questions were raised concerning (1) the relevance of the standardized achievement test utilized in the project to the stated objectives of…

Provided is an annotated bibliography of 86 measurement instruments which are used in screening and formulating diagnoses for exceptional children. The following components are included in each test summary: title, date of the most recent revision, author, range (in terms of chronological age or grade placement), administration (group or…

The absence of a uniform system of education in the United States is accompanied by freedom in testing. Two types of testing procedures are described: the multi-level standardized tests produced by the Educational Testing Service and experimental use of the cloze procedure. (Text is in French.) (AMH)

Discusses the efforts of some cities and states in applying competence-based graduation requirements for high school students. Considers how competence can be tested and the problems of inadequate tests in judging student abilities. (RK)

The "Uniform Graduation Examination Requirements" for English are examined and, in general, approved. But the written portion needs better description; the "Translation" and "Summary and Text Discussion" portions should be changed. Distinctions between basic and honors courses are unclear. Description and rating of…

Part of a special issue on adaptive behavior, the article discusses three assessment-related issues: (1) clarity of the construct of adaptive behavior; (2) norm samples for adaptive behavior scales; and (3) predictive validity of adaptive behavior scales. Improvements are noted in the standardization properties of major adaptive behavior scales.…