A study designed to compare the career maturity of students in a special class with educable mentally retarded students in regular classes indicated that special programs are not adequately preparing their students to enter the world of work. (SA)

THE ASSUMPTION THAT READING DISABILITY CAN RESULT FROM A GAP BETWEEN THE DEVELOPMENTAL MATURITY OF CHILDREN AND THE DEMANDS OF A BEGINNING READING PROGRAM CARRIES WITH IT THE PROBLEM OF ASSESSING DEVELOPMENTAL STATUS. A LONGITUDINAL STUDY CONDUCTED TO DERIVE A METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING SIGNS OF IMMATURITY RELATED TO LATER READING DIFFICULTIES USED…

Results indicated that for the samples studied the OIS and the VDI were apparently measuring different constructs of vocational maturity. (Authors)

This study investigates the efficacy of the Vocational Development Inventory in measuring the vocational maturity of inner city boys. Intelligence test results were converted to standardized T scores. Mean vocational maturity scores indicate large differences which disappear when intelligence is controlled by analysis of convariance. A variety of…

Presents review of recent work by W.D. Gribbons, P.R. Lohnes, J. Vriend, J.O. Crites, B.W. Westbrook, and ties it in with that of D.E. Super. (CJ)

Describes the development and validation of a measure of attitudinal, cognitive, and behavioral aspects of vocational maturity for educationally and economically "disadvantaged" adults who experience delayed career development. Presents evidence for the measure's reliability, content, and construct validity, including its performance in a…

The purpose of the pre-school assessment program described is to improve the first grade curriculum and make it more meaningful to all students through early identification of strengths and weaknesses, coupled with appropriate follow up activities. Children (340) entering the Rockdale County, Georgia, first grade in the fall of 1968 completed a…

Reviews literature on relationship between syntactic complexity (especially as measured by T-unit and clause length) and quality of written composition. Concludes that neither T-unit length nor clause length is a good predictor of writing quality. Lists implications for teachers in the field. (BRR)

This report gives estimates of the intellectual maturity based on the Goodenough-Harris Drawing Test (GHDT). The data were collected in Cycle III of the Health Examination Survey of noninstitutionalized U.S. youths during 1966-70. The GHDT instructions were modified for use in the survey to require each youth to draw two figures--a…

Ninth graders and technical college students were tested to determine the validity of the Crites model of career maturity. Results showed career choice competencies are fairly highly related to each other. There is a relationship between career maturity and sex and race of student. (Author/JAC)

The purpose of the present report was to evaluate, through a critical review of the relevant literature, the technical characteristics of intellective tests which were in frequent use in Alberta elementary schools. (Author)

Tests the hypotheses that a brief clinical test of the frontal lobe system (FLS) maturity levels, designated as Stages I, II, III, IV, can differentiate between three experimental groups (all of age 9-16): normal Ss, Ss with emotional problems, and juvenile delinquents. (Author/RK)