Research was focused on the consequences of enabling students to improve performance by allowing a retest on the same content. One of the major hypotheses of the study, that students in the optional retest condition would achieve higher test grades than those in the traditional test-once condition, was confirmed. (LBH)

Comparison of the scores of 342 third-year medical students on the National Board of Medical Examiners subject examination and the Part II subtest on obstetrics-gynecology found significantly better performance on the former, suggesting a need to interpret the scores differently. (Author/MSE)

The study showed little support for the notion that cognitive development in Catholic schools significantly outpaces that in public schools between the sophomore and senior years. In addition, it was found that student background characteristics relate to test performance in similar fashion in public and Catholic schools. (RM)

The validity of a comparison of mean test scores for two groups and of a longitudinal comparison of means within each group is assessed. Using LISREL, factor analyses are used to test the hypotheses of similar factor patterns, equal units of measurement, and equal measurement accuracy between groups and across time. (Author/DWH)

The North Carolina End-of-Grade (NCEOG) Test of Mathematics, Grade 8 was compared to the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)--Grade 8 along three dimensions: technical, content, and cognitive. An expert panel of six judges (mathematics educators) examined the supporting documents, the content frameworks, the items, and actual test…

Presents a meta-analysis of cross-cultural comparisons of cognitive test scores published between 1973 and 1994. Larger performance differences were found in cross-national than in intranational (cross-ethnic) comparisons, and they were better predicted by task characteristics in intranational comparisons. Five models explaining cross-cultural…

J. L. Rury (1968) presented evidence that environmental influences are important determinants of interstate black-white score differentials on the Army alpha examination. This article generalizes and extends these findings by constructing a series of educational-quality indices that test the inferential sturdiness of Rury's findings across a…

Described aspects of administering the U.S. Test of Economic Literacy in the United Kingdom in May 1989. Established norms for various subgroups of the British school population. Found that the main group differences were between those students who had economics training and those who did not. (DB)

The usefulness of a two-step version of the Mantel Haenszel procedure for distinguishing between differential item functioning (DIF) and item impact was studied by comparing the single-step and two-step procedures using a simulated data set. Results show changes in the identification rate for the two-step methods. (SLD)

Examined the Success for All Program's effects on elementary students' reading achievement. A comparison between two SFA schools and two matched-control schools showed that African-American students in SFA schools performed comparably to their White counterparts in all four schools and significantly outperformed noncontrol minority students. (47…

Scaling is carried out in an effort to increase the comparability of scores obtained on different tests. This study explored the relationships between College Board Achievement Test scores and potential scaling covariates for various subgroups of the test-taking population with the goal of providing several alternatives to traditionally used…

Results indicated that Asian students when compared with control students, under-utilized the clinic services, possessed more pronounced MMPI scale elevations, and exhibited problems involving somatic complaints, family discord, and social introversion. (Author)

Results of a study examining how social work students view creativity, how various student characteristics correlate with creativity scores, and how social work students' scores compare with other undergraduate majors are discussed. (Author/KM)

This is an investigation of a college freshman sample of the relationship between the Strong Vocational Interest Blank, Form T399, and the Rotter Internal-External Control of Reinforcement Scale (I-E scale) which measures locus of control of reinforcement. (Author)

A study examined whether intercollegiate debating enhances the critical thinking ability of participants and investigated whether users of the two existing styles--National Debate Tournament (NDT) and Cross Examination Debate Association (CEDA)--differed significantly from each other and from nondebaters in their critical thinking skills. Four…