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CRY CCP?DO OT DISCARD  \nU.S.DEPARTMENT OF  \nHEALTH,EDUCATION,AND WELFAREAnthony J.Celebrezze,Secretary  \nOffice of Education,Francis Keppel,Commissioner  \nForeword  \nJ  \nUNDER TITLE V,Guidance,Counseling,and Testing ofthe National Defense Education Act of 1958,the Congressof the United States has recognized the value of tests as atool which may be used to help make an early determina-tion of the aptitudes and abilities of the students in ourschools.This bulletin attempts to explain the use andlimitation of regularly administered tests,so as to enableadministrators,counselors and teachers to interpret bettertheir meaning to parents and students.  \nParticipation of a student in a testing program and therecording of the test scores on his cumulative record arenot sufficient.Each counselor or teacher who works with astudent,as well as the student hjmself,should know thestudent's strong and weak points—the strong points inorder to develop them further,the.weak ones in order torecognize limitations and to determine where extra effortmust be applied.Test results,properly interpreted,can beof great assistance to all concerned with the instructionof youth.  \nA companion publication,Understanding Testing,Pur-po8es and Interpretations for Pupil Development,was is-sued in 1960(OE-25003).Both of these publications havebeen prepared by the Guidance and Counseling ProgramsBranch.  \nARTHUR L.HARRISA88ociate CommissionerBureau of EducationalAssistance Programs  \nContents  \nPage  \nForeword  \nII  \nI.Introduction  \n1  \nH.Development of a Standardized Test  \n5  \n、Tests as Samples  \n557  \nConstruction of a Standardized TestUse of Test Results  \nIII.Intelligence,Mental Ability,or ScholasticAptitude Tests  \n9  \nIV.Achievement Tests  \n13  \nV.Scoring a.Multiple-Choice Test  \n15  \nVI.Accuracy of Test Results  \n17  \nVII.Analysis of Class Achievement  \n212127  \nScattergram AnalysisPrediction TablesError Analysis:.  \nMade Outside of the ClassroomMade Inside the Classroom  \n34  \n34  \nItem Analysis Methods\"High-Low\"“Alternate Response”By Testscoring MachineBy Typewriter  \n34  \n35  \n38  \n39  \n43  \nVIII.Classroom Interpretation of Test Scores  \n47  \nIX.Interpretation of Test Results to Parents        53Individual Conferences......................53Group Conferences:.:...................54  \nX.Selected References  \n......  ......59  \nContents  \nFigures  \nPage  \n1.Method for Plotting Pairs of.Percentiles on a Scatter-,gram  \n23  \n2.Method for Plotting Pairs of Percentiles on a Scatter-gram for a Single Class  \n25  \n3.Expectancy Table for Predicting the Probability thata Student with a Certain Grade-Point Average inthe Ninth Grade Will Obtain a Certain Grade-PointAverage in the Tenth Grade  \n29  \n4.'Table Showing Errors Made on a Test of ArithmeticConcepts32  \n5.Examples of High-Low Item Analysis [N=36]  \n37  \n6.Sample Item Analysis Sheet:.40  \n7.Sample of an Item Analysis by Typewriter With aDetailed Analysis of Item 15 [N=36].....   45  \n8.Profile Sheet for Sam Smith of Patunka High School,Grade 10  \n50  \nVI1  \n# I.Introduction\n\nIDENTIFICATION OF HUMAN ABILITIES or aptitudes is noteasy.Tests can be helpful,but their results alone will not providethe information needed to solve all problems or to answer all ques-tions concerning abilities or future areas of occupational success.Test scores can give suggestions as to a level of ability which maysuggest areas of success,but it must be understood that even thebest predictor can only be considered,as indicating“a likelihoodof success\"or \"the odds in favor of success.\"For example,onemight say that a youth with a certain 'score on a specified testhas three chances to one that he may 8ucceed as an engineer.How-ever,this means also that there is still one chance in four that hewill fail in this particular area.  \n.For many years teachers have designed a small number of testsand administered them to their students 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