Discusses the need to reorganize the curriculum and testing procedures in English high schools to meet student and community needs. Topics discussed include allowing students to select major and minor courses of study, vocational education, screening functions of examinations, and employment projections. (DB)

Examines the relationship between three methods of testing students' phonics mastery. Questions existing ways of interpreting test results and suggests two alternatives. (FL)

In the next few years employers will frequently be confronted with the fact that they cannot rely on undocumented, subjective selection procedures. As long as disparate impact exists in employee selection, employers will be required to validate whatever selection procedures they use. (Author/IRT)

This study investigated the convergent and discriminant validity of selected measures of global self-esteem and social self-esteem, using the multitrait-multimethod design. Orderliness was included as a third trait for appraising the discriminant vaidity of the self-esteem measures. (Author)

Suggests that there are major issues involved in using criterion-referenced reading tests that are unclear or unresolved, including their place in the system of teaching reading, their validity, their reliability, and how cut-off scores are set and evaluated. (TJ)

A WAIS short form, consisting of the Similarities, Picture Arrangement, and Block Design subtests, was administered to 109 undergraduates. Correlation between these scores and their Full Scale WAIS IQ scores was .90. The subtests underestimated IQ by 9.29 points, suggesting that the constant be adjusted for this population. (SJL)

Usefulness of the Comrey Validity Check scale score as an index of random or indiscriminate responding to the Comrey Personality Scales was evaluated on a large sample of Navy paramedical personnel. Tables are presented and implications are discussed. (Author/JKS)

In answer to R. Allington's criticism of the Jordan Left-Right Reversal Test (JLRRT), the author contends that Allington's research used an outdated version of the JLRRT, that Allington's research into the relationship of visual reversals to reading skills does not reflect on the validity of the test to measure reversals. (DB)

The drop in standardized test scores may be due to the fact that the standardization samples on the basis of whose performance the test norms were established no longer represent the testees to whom the tests are applied. (Author/LS)

To be able to conclude anything firm about either a predictor or a criterion from the correlation between the two, a whole range of conditions must be met. Those conditions, which are in effect predictors of validity, are discussed, with the emphasis on the educational situation. (Author)

Examined discriminant validity of the Adult Attachment Interview (AAI) vis-a-vis intelligence, social desirability, discourse style, and general social adjustment. Subjects were 53 native-English-speaking, married women with preschool children. Found modest but significant correlations between IQ scores and social adjustment. Found no relation…

The internal consistency and validity of the Diabetes Regimen Responsibility Scale (DRRS) (L. Ruggiero and others, 1991) were examined in a sample of 49 youths. The DRRS demonstrated adequate internal consistency, and most subscales correlated significantly with diabetes knowledge (health education issue). Only two reports correlated with…

Compares the sensitivity, specificity, and positive predictive value of three measures of excessive drinking. Participants' (N=197) responses indicate that the positive predictive values for the Quantity-Frequency Index (QFI) exceeded those for the binge index. The index produced the highest sensitivity rating, but overestimated the number of…

Analyzes whether the latest version of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC-III) measures the same constructs across its 11 age spans and what constructs are measured by the WISC-III. Findings indicate that WISC-III does measure the same constructs across ages but does not measure Freedom from Distractibility. (RJM)