The use of ability grouping restricts students to interact with others who have been identified as similar in ability and carries with it the stigma of failure and the operation of the self-fulfilling prophecy. (Author)

Equations were developed to predict two criteria of job success (average productivity and supervisor evaluation of performance) from ability measures. Multiple correlation coefficients were statistically significant for the male high job satisfaction subgroup on both criteria and for the female high job satisfaction subgroup on the productivity…

Drawings of the human figure by applicants to the State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, used to spot psychopathological tendencies, were found useful in predicting academic failure or success on the basis of certain graphic criteria. Discusses the potential use of human figure drawings as an adjunct to the admissions process. (WM)

Selected structure-of-intellect factor measures were compared with subtests of the Florida State-Wide Twelfth Grade Test in predicting physics achievement. Multiple correlation coefficients were approximately the same when both sets were used together to predict physics achievement. (Author/PN)

Assessed whether accounting for variables in the scoring of the Social Readjustment Rating Scale (SRRS) would improve the predictive validity of the inventory. Results from 107 sets of questionnaires showed that income and level of education are significant predictors of the capacity to cope with stress. (JAC)