The Basic School Skills Inventory (BSSI), a longitudinal rating scale, and the First Grade Screening Test, a group readiness test, were administered to 159 kindergarteners. (SBH)

The AAAT was utilized to assess potential validity with respect to the original study by Kastenbaum and Durkee (1964). Support was found for the original conclusion that a majority of the subjects were unfavorably disposed to pastboundness of "Ted" by having perceived him as the eldest character. (Author)

Examines the Personal Health Survey methodology and suggests that in studying the factorial composition of physical and mental health complaints in limited populations, the data provides normative information "only" for the samples tested on one occasion. States further that it would require large-scale normative studies to make any…

Correlations with Binet IQ in the ITPA normative sample were corrected for restricted intelligence range. The corrected correlation for the Psycholinguistic Quotient is as high as that between the WISC and the Binet, a finding that raises a serious question about the construct validity of the ITPA. (Author)

Test performance and reported anxiety levels of high and low test-anxious subjects taking either a regular exam or an exam containing brief, written relaxation instructions were compared. High test-anxious subjects performed more poorly and reported greater worry and emotionality. Results provide greater external validity for Test Anxiety Scale.…

Presenting an overview of the forces responsible for the current impetus to evaluate social competency as one component of mental retardation, this article reviews the American Association on Mental Deficiency Adaptive Behavior Scale, the Vineland Social Maturity Scale, and the newly published system of Multi-Cultural and Pluralistic Assessment.…

Latent partition analysis is shown to be useful in determining the conceptual homogeneity of an item population. Such item populations are useful for mastery testing. Applications of latent partition analysis in assessing content validity are suggested. (Author/JKS)

Validation studies of the Course-Faculty Evaluation Instrument (CFI) were analyzed, using a multitrait-multimethod (MTMM) strategy. Using an analysis of variance framework to summarize MTMM matrices, the CFI demonstrated greater discriminant validity using more dimensions (traits) and had a lower error component than the Courseg Scales

The Lorge-Thorndike Intelligence Test was found to be effective in screening 275 fifth grade students for learning disabilities. (CL)

The reading storage test and the paraphrase test were compared to determine the extent to which each test was sensitive to the comprehension of prose passages as opposed to word memorization. (HOD)

The study aimed to evaluate empirically the reliability and validity of the Occupational Aspiration Scale (OAS) for southern Brazil. Analyses of mean differences between types of items conformed to expected variations, and the OAS had satisfactory construct validity for the Brazilian sample. However other analyses indicated that it had somewhat…

Published data on the Strong Vocational Interest Blank profiles of 113 occupational groups are analyzed by three clustering procedures: hierachical grouping of standard scores and of orthonormal factor scores, and NORMIX analysis assuming equal covariance matrices for each group. (Author/JKS)

Describes the development of the RASI, a self-report instrument for the measurement of resident assistant anxiety. Designed to identify the type and level of stress perceived by the RA. Covers a description of the instrument, reliability, validity and uses. (Author/DOW)

A factor analytic study investigated the validity of the California Psychological Inventory. Sixteen of the eighteen scales were investigated in relation to criterion variables and most showed that the factor scales were valid measures. (JKS)