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Brems, Christiane; And Others – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 1990
Developmental Record protocols were obtained from archival files for 1,069 institutionalized mentally retarded adults and children. Analyses revealed high internal reliabilities, but questionable validity. The Developmental Record did not adequately discriminate the five areas of functioning it purportedly assesses (self-care, perceptual-motor,…
Descriptors: Adults, Child Development, Children, Evaluation Methods
Peer reviewedBlits, Jan H.; Gottfredson, Linda S. – Public Interest, 1990
Reviews the evaluation by the National Academy of Science (NAS) of the General Aptitude Test Battery (GATB), which was developed to predict the job performance of potential employees. Proposes that the NAS recommendation to correct the GATB's racial bias by "race-norming" was a political decision and not scientifically justified. (FMW)
Descriptors: Occupational Tests, Political Influences, Predictive Validity, Racial Bias
Mardell-Czudnowski, Carol; And Others – Diagnostique, 1988
The study evaluated the predictive validity of DIAL-R, which identifies children aged 2-6 with potential learning problems or giftedness. Based on longitudinal data for 312 elementary-level children, DIAL-R scores were found to have good concurrent sensitivity and specificity but did not correspond well with subsequent special education placement.…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Diagnostic Tests, Disabilities, Educational Diagnosis
Glascoe, Frances P.; Borowitz, Kathleen C. – Diagnostique, 1988
The Denver Developmental Screening Test (DDST) and an expressive language measure were administered to 114 children (aged 24 to 74 months) suspected of developmental difficulties. The DDST did not identify the majority of children who failed the expressive language screening, even after cutoff scores were made more rigorous. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Educational Diagnosis, Evaluation Methods, Expressive Language, Handicap Identification
Bardos, Achilles N.; Prewett, Peter N. – Diagnostique, 1991
This study, involving 70 intermediate grade students, found that scores on the Matrix Analogies Test-Short Form (MAT-SF) were significantly lower than all of the Comprehensive Test of Basic Skills (CTBS) composite scores. The MAT-SF correlated significantly with all areas of the CTBS composite and spelling scores. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Cognitive Tests, Correlation, High Risk Students
Haladyna, Thomas M. – 1984
The purpose of this study is to examine an option-weighting method as it affects pass-fail decisions in formative and summative evaluation of student achievement for instructional units, certification, advancement, licensure, admissions, placement, and selection. A database was constructed using high school achievement test data where a…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Cutting Scores, High Schools, Multiple Choice Tests
Download full textPearson, Jane L.; Ialongo, Nicholas S. – 1984
The ecological validity of three spatial ability tests was studied: The Embedded Figures Test, the Shepard/Metzler Mental Rotations Test, and the Differential Aptitude Spatial Relations subtest. The Building Memory Test was also examined in an attempt to replicate a previous study which supported its validity. These four tests were administered to…
Descriptors: Correlation, Encoding (Psychology), Higher Education, Locational Skills (Social Studies)
Lutz, Frank W.; Wang, Lee-Yen – 1985
Using data collected in 95 Ohio school districts by Brock Hunt, this study reanalyzed those data, examined the reasons for Hunt's inability to predict a school board member incumbent's defeat, and developed a model that would have predicted those Ohio school board elections. Hunt attempted to develop a statistical model of socioeconomic-political…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Community Attitudes, Elections, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedMeeker, Frank; And Others – Teaching of Psychology, 1994
Reports study of 288 graduate psychology majors to determine what variables correlated with grade point averages in psychology. Reports three clusters of significant variables: (1) high school grades in verbal areas; (2) achievement in college general studies courses; and (3) mathematics aptitude and achievement in college. (CFR)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aptitude, Academic Records, Class Rank
Merrell, Kenneth W.; Mauk, Gary W. – Diagnostique, 1993
The Battelle Developmental Inventory (BDI) was administered to 121 young children, and parents rated them with the Social Skills Rating System 2-3 years after entry into the study. Correlations between the two measures revealed very weak to modest relationships, providing limited support for the BDI as a predictive measure of future…
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Behavior Rating Scales, Disabilities, Early Childhood Education
Mitchell, Karen J. – 1984
The purpose of this resarch was to develop a model of verbal information processing for use in subsequent analyses of the construct and predictive validity of the current Department of Defense military selection and classification battery, the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) 8/9/10. The theory and research methods of selected…
Descriptors: Adults, Armed Forces, Cognitive Processes, Models
Wilson, Barry J.; Reichmuth, Monica – 1984
Early screening programs to determine learning problems in preschool children are evaluated. A review of early identification literature indicates considerable difficulty in describing screening results and determining when a screening program accurately identifies those students believed to be "at risk." The authors propose several…
Descriptors: Early Identification, Handicap Identification, High Risk Students, Predictive Measurement
Mowsesian, Richard; Hays, William L. – 1984
The purpose of this study was to test the predictive efficiency of the Graduate Record Examination Analytical (GRE-A) score when used in combination with other predictors for doctoral candidacy decisions in an educational psychology department. It was hypothesized that the GRE-A would be a more efficient predictor than faculty ratings on a…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, College Admission, College Entrance Examinations, Doctoral Programs
Hotard, Stephen R. – 1983
Texts on measurement theory report many studies on the consistency of intelligence test scores, but the stability of academic achievement over the school years has never been adequately studied. To investigate the stability of achievement test scores from fourth grade to college, a random sample of 100 students was selected from a 1978 graduating…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Hunter, John E. – 1985
Drawing from work on the meta-analysis of over 500 validation studies of the General Aptitude Test Battery (GATB) by the U.S. Employment Service, the paper presents a methodological message and a substantive message. Gene Glass's methods, as used by Edwin Ghiselli in personnel selection, ignore study artifacts (sampling error, error of…
Descriptors: Adults, Cognitive Ability, Error of Measurement, Job Performance
