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Peer reviewedDodge, Gordon R. – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 1980
Four hundred eighty-six preschool children were screened with the Denver Developmental Screening Test (DDST) and the Preschool Language Scale (PLS). Children who failed the screening were referred for a formal language assessment. Results indicated that the DDST is slightly more effective than the PLS in identifying preschool children who need…
Descriptors: Disability Identification, Exceptional Child Research, Language Handicaps, Preschool Education
Peer reviewedLichtenstein, Robert – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1981
Correlations between the two screening tests and between the screening and criterion measures were inconsistent with prediction rates based on classificational screening test scores. On the basis of correlational validity coefficients, relationships between measures in this study would have been overestimated. (Author/SBH)
Descriptors: Classification, Exceptional Child Research, Learning Disabilities, Predictive Measurement
Download full textFrankenburg, William K.; And Others – 1976
Presented is a letter regarding the final report of a project involving the followup of 151 children (under 6 years old at the time of the initial assessment) to establish the accuracy of the Denver Developmental Screening Test in predicting school achievement problems. Reviewed are the procedures used in selecting the study population, and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Exceptional Child Research, Learning Disabilities, Prediction
Peer reviewedJaffe, M.; And Others – Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 1980
Results of a single Denver Developmental Screening Test performance on 823 infants attending maternal and child health centers were compared with developmental information recorded by public health nurses during routine well baby care of these same infants. Journal Avaliability: J.B. Lippincott Co; E. Washington Sq., Philadelphia, PA 19105.…
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Evaluation Methods, Exceptional Child Research, Identification
Sterling, Harold M.; Sterling, Patricia J. – Academic Therapy, 1977
Described are preliminary findings from a study involving the use of the Quick Neurological Screening Test, the Denver Developmental Screening Test and complete physical examinations for over 250 preschool and primary students. (CL)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Exceptional Child Research, Neurological Impairments, Physical Examinations
van Doorninck, William J.; And Others – 1976
A followup study of 151 lower socioeconomic class children (under 6 years of age at the time of initial screening) was conducted to determine the effectiveness of the Denver Developmental Screening Test (DDST) in predicting school achievement problems. Ss were originally categorized into three age groups (0-2 years, 2-4 years, and 4-6 years) and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Economically Disadvantaged, Exceptional Child Research, Followup Studies
