# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1953_S558
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

558 MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS

The original grant of $8,000 covered the purchase of4
and the cost of clerical help needed for accessioning and: ixi
‘the books. The faculty committee is now directing the-pu
of additional books to complete this project.

5. Tests and Measurements. —The Synodical Convent
1947 established a Lutheran Educational Measurements
under the supervision of the Board for Parish Education.
with this new project the Board for Parish Education a
a Committee on Tests and Measurements consisting of the-
ing persons: Dr. H. J. Boettcher, Prof. W. O. Kraeft, Dr. E..Bg
Dr. T. G. Stelzer, and Dr. A. L. Miller, chairman. Our cofits
allocated $5,000 to carry out projects in this field. a

The Committee has thus far worked on three projects:
tude inventory, unit tests on the Catechism, and a test on:
information. -

The Attitude Inventory developed by Professor Walter
Dr. Oliver Graebner, Dr. Elmer Pflieger, and Mr. E. Junghi
been in experimental use during the spring of 1953. As so
reliability of the test has been established, copies will be'a
for sale through Concordia Publishing House.

The unit tests on Luther’s Catechism will eventually ¢
fourteen independent tests on the Small Catechism. The
tests have been completed under the authorship of Dr. H.
cher. The other ten tests are in the process of comple
will be published as soon as the experimental work has
on them.

The test on Biblical information is being developed b:
sor Martin J. Maehr, with the assistance of Dr. Theodore
and Mr. Herbert Kaiser. This project has been part of a:
dissertation by Professor Maehr. The tests will be pu
soon as the experimental work has been finished.

6. Curriculum for Lutheran Secondary Schools. —
ulum for Lutheran Secondary Schools is a project of th
tion of Lutheran Secondary Schools. A sum of $10,000
for this undertaking. The project is being developed by

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A. K. Grams, H. C. Gruber, P. W. Lange, C. S. Meyer
mann, J. W. Klotz, A. L. Miller, E. F. Sagehorn, N.S
A. J. Freitag, M. Groeschel, M. C. Pieper, and W. F. Stein}
group works under the general direction of an Editorial
consisting of Paul W. Lange, chairman, Carl S. Meyer, @
L. Miller.

The Curriculum Commission held its first meeting
1950. The project involved setting up the machinery k