ACHIEVEMENT TESTS: TYPES, INTERPRETATIONS AND USES; ACHIEVEMENT TESTS: TYPES, INTERPRETATIONS AND USES; CONTENTS ; PREFACE ; VISUAL MOTOR ASSESSMENT TESTS AND ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGIES; DESCRIPTION AND APPLICATION IN POST- SECONDARY EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT OF ADULTS WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES ; 1. VISUAL-MOTOR ASSESSMENT AND DIAGNOSIS TESTS ; 1.1. Theoretical frameworks ; 1.2. Psychological Assessment Tests and Research Tools ; 1.3. Empirical Evidence of the Relationship between Visual Motor Abilities and Learning.

2. ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGIES, E-TOOLS, VIRTUAL REALITY AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT 2.1. Assistive Technologies ; 2.2. E-Tools and Virtual Reality ; 2.3. The Impact of Assistive Technologies on Post-Secondary Students' Academic Achievement ; CONCLUSION ; REFERENCES ; THE USE OF TEACHER RECOMMENDATIONS AND ACHIEVEMENT TESTS AS VALID INSTRUMENTS FOR SELECTING ETHNIC MINORITY STUDENTS INTO SECONDARY SCHOOL TRACKS ; ABSTRACT ; INTRODUCTION ; THE EDUCATIONAL RECOMMENDATION ; The Dutch Education System ; The Practice of Recommending ; Explanations for Over-Recommending.

Recent Developments METHOD ; Sample ; Instruments ; Design of the Analyses ; RESULTS ; Bivariate Associations ; Explaining Educational Recommendations ; DISCUSSION ; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ; REFERENCES ; CONSTRUCT-IRRELEVANT VARIANCE IN ACHIEVEMENT TEST SCORES: A SOCIAL COGNITIVE PERSPECTIVE ; ABSTRACT ; INTRODUCTION ; TEST MOTIVATION ; EXAMINATION-RELATED ANXIETY ; Defining and Measuring Test Anxiety ; The Causes and Effects of Test Anxiety ; A Special Case of Text Anxiety: Stereotype Threat ; TEST SOPHISTICATION ; Test Preparation Effects ; Test-Wiseness: A General Type of Sophistication.

CONCLUSION REFERENCES ; ACHIEVEMENT TESTS IN THE NORWEGIAN SCHOOL SYSTEM: TYPES AND USES ; ABSTRACT ; INTRODUCTION ; THE EMERGENCE OF ACHIEVEMENT TESTS IN NORWEGIAN COMPULSORY EDUCATION: THE BACKGROUND ; A CONTINUOUS ACHIEVEMENT TEST AND EXAM SYSTEM AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL ; THE EMERGENCE OF LOCAL ACHIEVEMENT TESTS IN ONE NORWEGIAN MUNICIPALITY: OSLO ; SUMMARY ; REFERENCES ; MATHEMATICS TEACHERS GROWING PROFESSIONALLY ; INTRODUCTION ; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ; DISTANCE LEARNING ; ONLINE GRADUATE PROGRAM ; CONCLUSION.

APPENDIX A. PROBLEM SOLVING PORTFOLIO AND EXAMPLE OF STUDENT WORK REFERENCES ; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL PARAMETERS AFFECTING THE ACADEMIC APTITUDE TEST (AAT) ACHIEVEMENT AT THE END OF HIGH SCHOOL IN 1996 AND THEIR IMPACT ON JOB STATUS IN 2002 ; ABSTRACT ; INTRODUCTION ; SUBJECTS AND METHODS ; Subjects and Sample ; Intellectual Quotient (IQ) ; SES, Socio-Cultural and Family Related Variables ; Scholastic Achievement (SA) ; Anthropometric Measurements ; Brain Development Study; Job Status 2002 ; Statistical Analysis ; RESULTS ; DISCUSSION ; CONCLUSION ; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.