RONNA F. DILLON is Professor of Psychology and Educational Psychology at Southern Illinois University. She is also a researcher and head of a large research project, portions of which have been funded by the Navy and the Air Force. She has edited three books and written numerous papers on individual differences and cognition.JAMES W. PELLEGRINO is Professor of Psychology and Education at the University of California. He has written over ninety papers on cognition and memory for leading professional journals.

• Preface New Approaches to Aptitude Testing by Ronna F. Dillon An Overview of the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) by Paul Foley and Linda Rucker The Influence of Paragraph Comprehension Components on Test Validity by Susan Embretson, James Fultz and Nancy Dayl Computerized Adaptive Testing of a Vocational Aptitude Battery by Martin F. Wiskoff and Mary K. Schratz Evoked Brain Activity and Personnel Performance by Gregory W. Lewis and Richard C. Sorenson New Concepts in Large-Scale Achievement Testing: Implications for Construct and Incremental Validity by Karen Janice Mitchell Bibliography Index

RONNA F. DILLON is Professor of Psychology and Educational Psychology at Southern Illinois University. She is also a researcher and head of a large research project, portions of which have been funded by the Navy and the Air Force. She has edited three books and written numerous papers on individual differences and cognition.JAMES W. PELLEGRINO is Professor of Psychology and Education at the University of California. He has written over ninety papers on cognition and memory for leading professional journals.

• Preface New Approaches to Aptitude Testing by Ronna F. Dillon An Overview of the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) by Paul Foley and Linda Rucker The Influence of Paragraph Comprehension Components on Test Validity by Susan Embretson, James Fultz and Nancy Dayl Computerized Adaptive Testing of a Vocational Aptitude Battery by Martin F. Wiskoff and Mary K. Schratz Evoked Brain Activity and Personnel Performance by Gregory W. Lewis and Richard C. Sorenson New Concepts in Large-Scale Achievement Testing: Implications for Construct and Incremental Validity by Karen Janice Mitchell Bibliography Index

RONNA F. DILLON is Professor of Psychology and Educational Psychology at Southern Illinois University. She is also a researcher and head of a large research project, portions of which have been funded by the Navy and the Air Force. She has edited three books and written numerous papers on individual differences and cognition.JAMES W. PELLEGRINO is Professor of Psychology and Education at the University of California. He has written over ninety papers on cognition and memory for leading professional journals.

• Preface New Approaches to Aptitude Testing by Ronna F. Dillon An Overview of the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) by Paul Foley and Linda Rucker The Influence of Paragraph Comprehension Components on Test Validity by Susan Embretson, James Fultz and Nancy Dayl Computerized Adaptive Testing of a Vocational Aptitude Battery by Martin F. Wiskoff and Mary K. Schratz Evoked Brain Activity and Personnel Performance by Gregory W. Lewis and Richard C. Sorenson New Concepts in Large-Scale Achievement Testing: Implications for Construct and Incremental Validity by Karen Janice Mitchell Bibliography Index