This study attempted to gain insight into what teacher candidates think about teacher-competency testing and how test results should be used. A majority of students were negative toward testing, and the weight test scores could be given in hiring and evaluation of teachers. Implications and recommendations are discussed. (MT)

The study examined the stability of WISC-R (Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised) Verbal-Performance (V-P) differences at the triannual reevaluation of 71 learning disabled students from Hawaii. Results revealed a slight increase of three points in the V-P differences, with a correlation of .55 between the Time 1 and Time 2 V-P…

Abbreviated CID W-22 lists were administered to normal and hearing-impaired adults to test the hypothesis that fewer judiciously chosen items can be used to test word recognition without compromising test accuracy. Results show that fewer items can be used if the words are sufficiently difficult and strict passing criteria are employed. (Author/CL)

Results of gifted fourth-sixth graders on the Structure of the Intellect Learning Abilities Test are analyzed in terms of the test's measure of five operations (evaluation, convergent production, divergent production, memory, and cognition). (CL)

Eighty-four hearing-impaired children (6-16 years old) were administered the Wechsler Intelligence Scales for Children-Revised Performance Scales and Raven's Coloured or Standard Progressive Matrices. Correlations coefficients between the two instruments were significant. It appears matrices could be used as a guide to level of intellectual…

An investigation of the use of an experimental test battery in discriminating between normally achieving and learning disabled secondary students (N=75) revealed that three items from the four tests effectively discriminated between the two groups of students. These were the TOAL Reading Quotient, the Woodcock-Johnson Proofing and the Raven's…

The Michigan Alcoholism Screening Test (MAST) was designed to serve as a reliable and quantifiable measure of alcohol dependence (M. Selzer, 1971). Since its introduction, the psychometric properties of the MAST have been studied extensively, but there are several questions that have not been addressed or only partially answered. The purpose of…

Given some consensus that statistical significance tests are broken, misused, or at least have somewhat limited utility, the focus of discussion within the field ought to move beyond additional bashing of statistical significance tests, and toward more constructive suggestions for improved practice. Five suggestions for improved practice are…

This paper summarizes the literature regarding statistical significance testing with an emphasis on: (1) the post-1994 literature in various disciplines; (2) alternatives to statistical significance testing; and (3) literature exploring why researchers have demonstrably failed to be influenced by the 1994 American Psychological Association…

The Kaufman Brief Intelligence Test (K-BIT) is designed for use as a quick intelligence test for individuals aged 4 years through adulthood. The K-BIT measures both verbal and nonverbal intelligence, yielding Vocabulary, Matrices, and IQ composite scores. The test is easy to administer, and questions are scored objectively, making it easy for…

An analysis of Revised Preschool Language Scale (PLS) results on 672 preschool children reveal that one age-level grouping and five individual items appear to be inappropriately placed within the scale. Sex differences for both the auditory comprehension and verbal ability subtests, and for the total scale, were clinically insignificant.…

The author suggests that much of the current vocational evaluation technology does not fit within the definition of a work sample, and warns that if evaluators do not integrate their measurement tools with the discipline's philosophy, system publishers will gain control over vocational evaluation. (CL)

Four purposes of testing (screening, classification, program planning, and program evaluation) are identified, and tests are futher broken down into type, methods of scoring, and methods of administration. The author emphasizes that tests should be selected to accomplish the purposes of testing. (CL)

Investigated whether dimensions of transformational and transactional leadership can be inferred from subordinate reports of leadership behaviors collected through the Leadership Practices Inventory (LPI) (B. Posner and J. Kouzes, 1988) completed by 1,892 subordinates about 344 managers. Results support use of the LPI to measure transformation and…

Reviews Family Concept Assessment Method (FCAM), instrument designed to measure family concept, the sum of a person's values, attitudes, and feelings regarding his or her family. Discusses FCAM reliability, administration and scoring, and clinical utility. Concludes that at least two measures (family congruence and family satisfaction scores) may…