This paper examines the influence of the curriculum placement process on students' perception of internal control. Employing cross-sectional data for a national sample of adolescents, the relative importance of the following variables on perceptions of internal control are evaluated: actual curriculum placement, the degree of student choice in…

The hypothesis that the adjudication process changes self-conception was explored by analyzing responses to the Twenty Statements Test. Self-conceptions of adjudicated male juvenile offenders were found to be significantly more negative than those of male juvenile non-offenders. White offenders exhibited the most negative self-conceptions, chicano…

The paper considers the controversies of standardized tests and group differences as they relate to the formation of public policy. The overlapping or confounding issues of standardized tests and group differences have long since become matters of public policy. Neither separately nor jointly can the issues be resolved within the confines of…

Beginning in 1999, an analytical writing measure was offered as an optional test in the Graduate Record Examinations (GRE) program. This test will be incorporated into the GRE General Test in fall 2002. The essays in this test focus on critical reasoning and analytical writing skills. This study examined the performance of various examinee groups…

Two experiments involving 137 undergraduates tested the premise that the underlying stereotyping processes used by blacks and whites are similar. Findings suggest that the race of the perceiver may moderate the predictions of the complexity-extremity, assumed-characteristics, and expectancy-violation models. (SLD)

This paper is a reaction to a plenary address, "Fairness in Dealing: Diversity, Psychology, and Mathematics Education" by Suzanne Damarin (SE 057 179). Discussed are the importance of language in the repackaging of equity into the construct of fairness in dealing, the role of liberal feminism, race and ethnicity, physically structured…

The Ohio Off-Grade Proficiency Tests help in monitoring students' progress toward Ohio's adapted model courses of study in reading, mathematics, citizenship, science, and writing. The purpose of this study was to provide item response theory (IRT) parameter estimates and descriptive statistics of the scoring categories of the short-response items…

The expected dramatic increase in the number of elderly people will bring with it an equally dramatic demand for increasing amounts of care and assistance for those who are manifesting the frailties of old age. This study assessed the level of concern or anxiety manifested by young adults when asked to consider their assumption of care…

This paper presents data derived from the mandatory follow-up evaluation of Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) participants for the 13-week period following termination. Data cover the first three quarters of Program Year 89, that is, persons who terminated their involvement with JTPA between July 1, 1989 and April 30, 1990. It focuses on the…

The topic of caregiving was investigated with respect to the burden experienced by primary caregivers of older persons who had recently suffered a myocardial infarction. Structured interviews were completed with 104 primary care providers who were part of a larger National Institute on Aging funded survey. The caregivers were of both sexes and…

Black and white middle class preschool children were compared on the frequency with which they engaged in functional, constructive, and dramatic cognitive play across interactive and noninteractive social play situations. Results of analyses yielded no significant racial differences on the cognitive play types across interactive and noninteractive…

Content analysis was employed in an examination of nine major metropolitan daily newspapers to determine how they portrayed both black and white members of the United States House of Representatives from l979 to l983. Specifically, the study examined the amount of coverage given to a sample of 16 black and 16 white representatives, the way…

A longitudinal study followed cohorts of students progressing through schools in the Cleveland Public School district and compared the reading comprehension scores of black and white students. Subjects, 12 cohorts ranging in size from 1400 to 2900 students, had reading comprehension test scores available for the first and last years of the study.…

Preliminary findings are presented from a study of the performance of 99 institutionalized retarded children on the Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scale (VABS), a revised form of the Vineland Social Maturity Scale (VSMS). No significant sex or race differences were revealed on test performances. Mental age was found to correlate with VABS scores with…

To investigate the influence of student sex, ethnicity and teacher sex, ethnicity, and teaching level on referrals to special education, 320 teachers responded to a case history by completing 11 Likert-type questions. Results showed that recommendations were influenced by teacher ethnicity and teaching level, but not by student sex or race. Also,…