AngularJS Example
HTML
<div ng-app="App">
<form name="myForm" ng-controller="Ctrl">
<select ng-model="test" ng-options="t.name for t in tests"></select>
{{test.value}}
</form>
</div>
CSS
</style> <!-- Ugly Hack to make remote files preload in jsFiddle -->
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.2.0-rc.2/angular.min.js"></script>
<style>
JavaScript
angular.module('App', []);
function Ctrl($scope) {
$scope.tests = [
{name:'test1', value: 1},
{name:'test2', value: 2},
{name:'test3', value: 3}
];
$scope.test = $scope.tests[0];
}