The MERMAC computer program is offered to the University of Wisconsin faculty for use in scoring and analyzing classroom tests. The characteristics of a good test are discussed; examples are given of the output of the MERMAC program; and the results are used to show how the quality of a test may be improved. Although the MERMAC Program is for…

The bibliography on tests and testing of the blind contains approximately 420 entries concerning theoretical or practical aspects of testing, historical development of testing, manuals, instructions, and methods of administration, descriptions and evaluation of tests, development and adaptation of tests for the blind, and uses of tests; testing…

Sixty-nine students in grades 9, 10, and 11 were tested with three of Viktor Lowenfeld's visual-haptic tests in an attempt to ascertain whether students at these levels segregated in a fashion similar to Lowenfeld's sample. Respondents were spread over the visual-haptic continuum as Lowenfeld suggested they should be. However, a large and…

Principles are established for reaching valid decisions as to whether evaluative judgments should be norm referenced or criterion referenced. A set of decision rules is presented, in flow chart form, to serve as a guide to the decision-making process. The use of these decision rules is illustrated for a variety of practical situations. The…

The use of setting standards for criterion-referenced tests is defended in a response to two papers by Gene Glass and Nancy Burton. (JKS)

The functions of the guidance counselor and the teacher overlap in a variety of ways. Each needs information about students that the other can provide. This article suggests ways they can work together using shared information to help individual students. (Author)

The effects of repeaters (testees included in both administrations of two forms of a test) on the test equating process are examined. It is shown that repeaters do effect test equating and tend to lower the cutoff point for passing the test. (JKS)

This study evaluates the reliability of profile analysis for assessing differential abilities on the McCarthy Scales for Children's Abilities (MSCA). Subjects were enrolled in private schools. Results indicated 70.9 percent of the sample showed profile variability not reasonably accounted for as real fluctuations in measurable abilities. (Author)

Two types of quantitative Rorschach scales are discussed: first, those based on the response categories of content, location, and the determinants, and second, global scales based on the subject's responses to all ten stimulus cards. (Author/JKS)

A computer program for analyzing and reporting the results of student rating scales designed to evaluate courses and instructors is described. It computes median ratings for the total scale, subscales, and items. Written in ANS FORTRAN, this program is compatible with most third generation machines. (Author/JKS)

Presents techniques for assessing attitudes and values. Emphasizes practical techniques readily adaptable for immediate classroom use. Examples are provided for each technique, and a list of sources is supplied for additional information. (Author/RK)

To date a theoretical basis has not been developed for determining changes in reliability when score points from random guessing are eliminated and those from non-randon guessing are retained. This paper presents a derivation of an expression for the reliability coefficient which displays the effect of deleting score components due to random…

A computer program for scoring written simulation tests provides individual scores and basic item analysis data. The program is written in Fortran IV and can accomodate up to thirty-five hundred options and up to ten thousand examinees. (Author/JKS)

A new formula for the correction for chance success due to guessing was advanced and investigated, the mathematical solution of which has the property of equating the scores of fast and slow examinees of equal ability. (Author/JKS)

A developmental orientation toward interpreting Strong-Campbell Interest Inventory profiles is described and Gestalt counseling techniques for processing SCII information are emphasized. (Author)