Teachers' Attitudes toward Testing.

This paper reports the development and testing of measures of teachers' attitudes toward testing and appropriate use of tests. A random sample of 555 practicing teachers in the State of Wyoming were surveyed (81% response rate). Five subscales assessing attitudes toward use of classroom and standardized tests were identified with internal consistency reliabilities ranging from .54 to .75. An appropriateness of test use measure reflects the degree to which teachers used contemporary measurement techniques. Results are discussed in terms of instrument development, variable interrelationships, and implications for teacher training.