Designing Instruments to Measure Competence

Further information on McClelland's model may be found in the following:

McClelland, D. C. (Eds.) The impact of college on personal characteristics and life outcomes. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University, 1976.

McClelland, D.C. Power: The inner experience. New York: Irvington Press, 1975.

McClelland, D.C. Testing for competence rather than for "intelligence," American psychologist, 28, 1973.

McClelland, D.C. Achievement motivation can be developed. Harvard business review, November-December 1965.

McClelland, D.C. The achieving society. New York: Van Nostrand, 1961.

McClelland, D.C. , Baldwin, A.L. , Bronfenbrenner, U. , and Strodtbeck, F.L. Talent and society. New York : Van Nostrand, 1958.

McClelland, D.C. and Brunham, D.H. Power is the great motivator. Harvard business review, March-April 1976.

McClelland, D.C. and Dailey, C.A. Professional competencies of human service workers: A report to the College for Human Services. Boston: McBer & Co., 1974.

McClelland, D.C. and Klemp, G. Report to the Executive Office of Manpower Affairs on the validation of human service worker test. Boston: McBer & Co., 1974.

McClelland, D.C. and Winter, D.G. Motivating economic achievement. New York: The Free Press, 1971.

Merwin, J. Performance-based teacher education: Some measurement and decision-making considerations, PBTE series no. 12. Washington, D.C.: American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, 1973.