The results of the first national administration of the National Occupational Competency Testing Institute (NOCTI) Examinations in industrial occupational competency are reported. (AG)

Some of the results of the first-round testing in science of the National Assessment of Educational Progress are mentioned. (DT) Aspect of National Assessment (NAEP) dealt with in this document: Results (Overview).

Thirty-six undergraduate psychology students who had high measured test anxiety were randomly assigned to one of three groups: covert reinforcement, placebo control, and no-treatment control. Pretreatment, posttreatment, and follow-up scores were obtained on three criterion measures. The findings supported the use of covert reinforcement for…

A study of children enrolled in a year-round preschool program for the "culturally disadvantaged" in Tampa, Florida revealed that children with defective vision performed more poorly on both the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test and Metropolitan Readiness Test. (Author/JM)

The study reported here attempted to discover by employing different geographical techniques at which stages certain abilities - generalization and comparability - develop in children. (Author)

The authors suggest that how a child learns is as important as what he learns. The school psychologist can help determine the most suitable methods of teaching for those students who are having difficulty learning, and pupil instruction can then be individualized. (HMV)

The Illinois Test of Pscyholinguistic Abilities was administered to 167 normal intelligence children (mean age 112 months) and then factor analyzed to determine construct validity and the extent to which each subtest measures a discrete combination of the psycholinguistic dimensions of level, process, and channel. (DB)

Discusses the many implications of test usage, from the employer, employee, state, and legal standpoint. (PG)