Examinees who take high-stakes assessments are usually given an opportunity to repeat the test if they are unsuccessful on their initial attempt. To prevent examinees from obtaining unfair score increases by memorizing the content of specific test items, testing agencies usually assign a different test form to repeat examinees. The use of multiple…

Advocates of using a US-style SAT for university selection claim that it is fairer to applicants from disadvantaged backgrounds than achievement tests because it assesses potential, not achievement, and that it allows finer discrimination between top applicants than GCEs. The pros and cons of aptitude tests in principle are discussed, focusing on…

Standardized testing for college admissions has grown exponentially since the first administration of the old "College Boards" in 1901. This paper surveys major developments since then: the introduction of the "Scholastic Aptitude Test" in 1926, designed to tap students' general analytic ability; E.F. Lindquist's creation of…

Further discussion of declining SAT scores is presented. (MM)

Various reasons may be advanced for conducting proficiency tests in academic literacy at higher education institutions. The Standardised Assessment Test for Access and Placement (SATAP) aims at determining the academic literacy skills that entry-level students should demonstrate as a predictor of their preparedness and success in tertiary…

THIS WORKBOOK FOLLOWS THE BASIC FORMAT OF THE MILLER ANALOGIES TEST (MAT) AND PROVIDES STEP BY STEP DIRECTIONS, TESTS, AND CORRECT ANSWERS. IT HAS A "GETTING READY" CHAPTER WHICH DESCRIBES WHAT THE MAT IS, WHO TAKES IT, WHAT IT TESTS, WHEN IT IS GIVEN, HOW ONE APPLIES TO TAKE IT, HOW SCORES ARE REPORTED, AND HOW TO PREPARE FOR IT. IT…

A list of tests, published in the United States and abroad, is presented. A brief description is given of the content of each test. Types of tests presented are: Achievement; Aptitude; Personality, Interests, Aptitudes, and Opinions; and Miscellaneous, Sensory-Motor, Unidentified. Lists of announcements received, tests no longer available, new…

Describes what publishers of major achievement tests are now doing to minimize bias and offers recommendations for changes still needed. (Author/ABB)

The Graduate Record Examinations (GRE) bibliography provides an exhaustive list of references to studies adding to the understanding of the development, nature, and use of the test, and is divided into two sections: (1) the first section lists 125 annotated citations that contain research studies on the GRE; (2) the second section lists reviews…

Since at least 1897, educational researchers have reported, with great frequency, "no significant differences" with respect to studies investigating the effects on educational outcomes of various treatments, suggesting that many educational variables are relatively impotent. A possible reason for at least many of the no-difference findings may lie…

Ways in which to determine whether the aptitude, intelligence, or achievement test is more helpful are discussed. A test's function, i.e., how the test results are used, appears to be the most logical method of discriminating between the types of tests. In educational testing, if the purpose is to evaluate the effectiveness of teaching or…

This report reviews and compares in a table 16 aptitude and achievement instruments that are used in career assessment and counseling. Includes information about publishers, intended population, time, scoring, computerization, cost, and reviews. (JOW)

Investigated whether psychologists possess psychometric knowledge necessary to evaluate discrepancies within individual's test performance with sufficient accuracy to ensure reliable decision making. Only 8.7% of 287 school psychologists were able to correctly evaluate whether 4 sets of ability-achievement scores reflected chance measurement…

Canonical correlation analysis and application of double-cross validation procedures provided evidence of significant shared variance between the Preprofessional Skills Test and the American College Test scores of 537 education majors, questioning the need for students to take both tests. (Author/CB)

Evaluated correlations between Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised, Woodcock-Johnson (W-J) Achievement clusters, Woodcock-Johnson Aptitude clusters, and Broad Cognitive Ability Score in 60 Behavior-Disordered male adolescents. Aptitude cluster scores had insufficient validity to justify computation for population; Broad Cognitive…