This Handbook is intended to help educators understand testing, interpret test results, and defend the selection, construction, and use of tests. The Handbook, tailored to the needs of educators, analyzes only tests used by educators. The Handbook contains more than 100 reviews of tests used routinely to make education decisions and assess skills…

The articles in this journal issue examine three different aspects of gifted adulthood. In "Self-Appraisal, Life Satisfaction, and Retrospective Life Choices across One and Three Decades" (Carole K. Holahan and others), 383 children who were part of Terman's original study of the gifted in 1921 were revisited at various points in their…

This document, originally published in a journal, investigates whether matriculation works and if so how does it affect students. The document uses the data from a study done at the Riverside Community College District (RCCD), which addressed the effect of matriculation on student persistence. The RCCD data came from a variety of sources and…

The Transitional Unit at Maryland School for the Deaf at Columbia, Maryland, is targeted at deaf multihandicapped children (four to 12 years old) and seeks to transfer children into the regular program on campus by age 12. (SEW)

Premedical school achievement data were used to determine whether nonscience preparation in undergraduate study was a handicap in medical school. Nonscience students performed as well as or better than science majors on almost all performance measures. Implications for medical school admissions are examined. (MSE)

To determine what impact budget cuts in training and research support were actually having on psychology graduate programs and what accommodations departments were making in their baccalaureate programs, a survey of psychology departments was undertaken. Results showed modest declines in graduate enrollment. Adjustments suggested for the…

The 1977 regulations and the case law interpreting Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 are explored as both pertain to postsecondary educational programs with particular application to pharmacy schools. Some court cases involving deaf students are discussed. (Author/MLW)

Proceedings from the Sixth Annual Meeting of the Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers that pertain to office management are summarized including: calendars; commencement procedures; publications; records; registration; reports; scheduling; staffing; testing; transcripts; and certificates. Names and addresses of conference…

Primary school students in Papua New Guinea take three examinations for secondary school admission. This study showed that examination results are influenced by student competencies in native language and English, and language of schooling. (15 references) (Author/LB)

A case study in a developing country raises issues about the use of tests for educational selection. Issues concerning secondary school admission in developing countries have counterparts in admission criteria for higher education in developed nations. However, one case study of one system cannot provide definitive conclusions for others. (SLD)

Presents a model of the admissions process for a bachelor's degree engineering program at Brown University. The study used key nonfinancial-aid related criteria to develop student profiles and then correlated admissions decisions with applicant profiles to test admissions officer bias. Results indicated that admissions officer bias plays a strong…

Describes the inequality of access to higher education in Greece, especially in the metropolitan Athens area. Examines the evolution of the Greek school system, related changes in examination practices, and the relationship between the structure of the school system and the job market. (SLD)

Analyzes how less powerful subjects in an unequal encounter, an admission interview in an educational institution, were able to counter the power directed at them by the more powerful subject through "aikido" strategies. In the context of the interview, harmonizing with the ideological discursive formation of the institution in question…

A threshold utility model was used to assess the usefulness of adding a scholastic aptitude test to a selection system for applicants to a liberal arts program. Results with 426 subjects indicated that the test added little in recruiting students who passed, but did help in identifying potentially excellent students. (SLD)