Author discusses initial and subsequent screening and some of the problems involved. (Author/SP)

The instrument yielded highly significant discriminations between clients with personal adjustment and vocational educational problems. It was concluded that the Psychological Screening Inventory could give useful diagnostic information to counselors. (Author)

The questionnaire developed could be used to identify children with behavior difficulties and developmental delay. (MS)

Presented and applied to a sample of 239 vocational rehabilitation clients is a discrete multivariate classification procedure for predicting vocational rehabilitation outcomes using several background characteristic combinations. Several cost-of-misclassification functions are proposed. (Author/KW)

Assessed the consistency of classification of depression in college students in two studies. The stability of the Beck Depression Inventory was tested after one day, one week, and using subsequent responses for subjects retested the same day. Results showed repeated administration resulted in a decline of high scores. (JAC)

The author warns of dangers associated with Ontarios's Kindergarten Early Identification Program, including hasty and incomplete assessment of children who will then be labeled exceptional, biases affecting children with cultural differences, and inadequacy of many screening and assessment instruments. (CL)

Compared the Wonderlic Personal Test and the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale for a sample of 30 adults first tested in 1976. The two tests were similar in reliability of clinical classification, but the Wonderlic demonstrated fewer practice effects. Despite its ease of administration, Wonderlic intelligence estimates appear stable. (Author/JAC)

Argues that college application forms do not provide enough information to make any judgments as to whether an applicant has any aptitude for work in a British university. (HOD)