Some basic facts about test construction and uses and abuses of standardized measures. (Author)

Establishes the validity and reliability of an instrument for evaluating whether English classes employ 35 variables indicative of the "growth through English" philosophy. (DD)

This study compares science students' perception data from six countries and uses specific methods to analyze the validity and reliability of the Questionnaire on Teacher Interaction (QTI). In this way, it adds to the existing knowledge base and compensates for some of the limitations of earlier studies. The paper begins with a discussion on the…

This directory describes tests available for use by psychologists, educators and human resource personnel in businesses. Each of the three main sections is divided into subsections. Psychology contains 21 subsections; Education, 49 subsections; and Business, 20 subsections. The tests within each subsection are listed alphabetically by title. Each…

This report discusses the administration of two instruments to faculty at 19 schools involved in the Appalachia Educational Laboratory's Quest project, which helps schools with educational reform efforts and challenges norms embedded in traditional school cultures. This study examined several constructs, including teacher efficacy, professional…

Explores the potential of the Dominoes'' (D 48) test, a nonverbal analogies test, as a cross-cultural measure of general ability in adolescence and to evaluate the applicability of this test to adolescents in Israel in light of comparable findings obtained from other ability tests in Israel and in other countries. (Author/JM)

Describes an instrument designed to measure an individual's level of cognitive vocational maturity in six areas: Fields of Work, Job Selection, Work Conditions, Education Required, Attributes Required, and Duties. When vocational choices were in agreement with field of interest and ability level, scores on the subtests were higher. Mean scores on…

Summarizes classifications of educational objectives, types of test items, and principles underlying the construction of tests. Indicates that a combination of essay and objective tests is preferable in the overall evaluation of a course. (CC)

Several areas of controversy between Soviet pyschologists and their Western colleagues concerning the usefulness of tests for measurement of mental ability are noted in this article. The author outlines test procedures suggested by Russian psychologist, Lev Vygotsky. (SM)

The present study suggests that although the reliability of an academic aptitude test given under formula-score condition can be increased substantially through empirical option weighting, much of the increase is due to the capitalization of the keying procedure on omitting tendencies which are reliable but not valid. (Author)

In general, faults did make the items easier, with the largest effects occurring for cue and grammar contaminations. (Authors)

A study of the sanctions which control moral conduct was carried out on a sample of 40 primary and secondary schoolchildren. A test of ten moral dilemmas was constructed and used. The most interesting finding was the importance of self-concept as a regulating factor in moral judgment. (Editor)

Describes students' responses to three attitude measuring instruments which were further analyzed with cognitive achievement and census figures as variables. Concludes the presence of a generally positive disposition and its dependence on knowledge possession and parents' education. (CC)