Five hypotheses were tested in two longitudinal studies involving i/t/a used with primary-grade children in the Lompoc Unified School District of California. Parents were allowed to request i/t/a training, teachers were given instruction in i/t/a, and children received i/t/a training in first grade. Reading sections of the Stanford Achievement…

This evaluation of 110 projects in which 17,298 disadvantaged children of the State of Hawaii participated in 1967 is based on professional observations, standardized test scores, and teacher-made tests. The report covers the following topics in the operation of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title I projects: (1) major achievements,…

This study showed the effectiveness of two parent education programs designed to increase young children's sustained attention to verbal stimuli. Forty 18- to 24-month-old children and their mothers served as subjects under three different conditions: Full Treatment Program of home training, home visits, group meetings for mothers, and curriculum…

The Anchor Test Study provides a method for translating a pupil's score on any one of eight widely used standardized reading tests for Grades 4, 5, and 6 to a corresponding score on any of the other seven tests, as well as furnishing new nationally representative norms for each of the eight tests. In addition, the Study presents new estimates of…

The papers in this volume deal with a range of assessment problems in reading. The first paper, by Karlin, introduces the general problem of using assessment procedures to guide teaching. The next six papers deal with various aspects of this general problem. Otto discusses the distinction between norm-referenced, standardized achievement tests and…

A program of planned intervention to facilitate language growth in kindergarten children at Cheyenne Eagle Butte was conducted during the 1970-71 school year. The study sample consisted of the students in 2 kindergarten classes, one considered low and one considered high, as judged by family economic background, Headstart experience, and…

This evaluation attempts to measure the extent and effectiveness of the 1971 Newark ESEA Title I program that extended the regular school year reading program into the summer months for 19,391 pupils in grades K-12. The instructional activities encompassed remedial and developmental reading, development of language arts skills, and implementation…

Confusion has arisen because tests are described as criterion-referenced or norm-referenced. Generally, these terms should apply to scores and not to tests since either type of score may be obtained for any test. Various terms such as absolute scores, fixed-standard scores and mastery-test scores may be more appropriate substitutes for…

This paper discusses the use of student performance data as an input to the last phase of a needs-assessment evaluation. The weaknesses for this purpose of national pupil norms are examined and it is suggested that improved data is required to reflect the many differences that exist between schools. Specifically, two changes are proposed: the…

Problems in the measurement of communicative competence of American Indian children are discussed in this position paper. Problems include the failure of traditional observations and measurements, and judgments by educators based on non-Indian experiences and expectations. Some trends in contemporary research concerned with these problems are…

Two projects that have explored the feasibility of computer-generated verbal score reports for the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills are reported. The first, the Madison Project, designed, produced, and evaluated computer-generated testing reports that were useful to teachers and informative to parents. The reports, which were narrative in format, were…

The paper examines the issue of whether the concepts and practices of standardized testing, on the one hand, and the pursuit and attainment of equal opportunity, on the other, are compatible. The author cites a number of areas where tension and conflict have centered; however, he feels that there is no necessary incompatibility between the…

Large school systems bring various administrative problems in handling scheduling, records, and avoiding making red tape casualties of students. The authors review a portion of the current use of computers to handle these problems and examine the range of activities for which computer processing could provide aid. Since automation always brings…

Presented in this document are data on the interest patterns of post-secondary vocational education students as collected by means of the Minnesota Vocational Interest Inventory (MVII). Assuming that workers in a given occupation possess certain likes and dislikes in common which differ from those of workers in other occupations, this interest…

Presented in this document are "training success" norms developed from data on post-secondary vocational education students as collected by means of the General Aptitude Test Battery (GATB) from students accepted to and graduated from full-time day programs in the 24 cooperating Minnesota schools from September 1966 - July 1970. Included…