Abstract
The earliest attempt at developing a test of this type was made by Schulz. Using a 36-item instrument, he attempted to measure the listening power of students from the junior high level through college.2 In an experiment at Indiana University, Mueller used a 29-item checklist on the minuet from Mozart's Symphony No. 40. The checklist dealt with form, structure, rhythm, and instrumentation. Odd-even reliability of .80 was obtained by using the Spearman-Brown correction formula.3 Routch constructed a two-part test for use with students in state teachers colleges in Pennsylvania. Subtest I used tape-recorded items to measure listening skill while Subtest II measured factual knowledge. The reliability of Subtest I was found to be .63.4 None of these tests are available commer-
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