Considered are limits of accuracy in the frequent administration of standardized achievement tests for deaf students. (Author/CL)

Examined in two studies with a total of 4,673 hearing impaired and 618 hearing students were the implications of language differences on the linguistic presentation of instruction and computer assisted instruction to the hearing impaired. In the first study, item responses on the Stanford Achievement Test Hearing Impaired Version (SAT-HI) were…

Issues related to validity and bias in psychological tests in general and specifically to the Stanford Achievement Test--Special Edition for Hearing Impaired Students (SAT-HI) are discussed. Questions regarding content validity and the lack of criterion-related data on the SAT-HI are raised. (Author/DB)

Tested criterion-related validity of Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised (WISC-R) performance scale with Stanford Achievement Test, Special Edition for Hearing-Impaired Students (SAT-HI). Results indicated WISC-R performance scale has adequate criterion-related validity and SAT-HI percentile ranks may provide a better metric than…

This study examined the efficiency of over 5,000 reading and mathematics screening tests specifically developed for assigning levels of the Stanford Achievement Test, 8th edition (SAT-8), to deaf and hard-of-hearing students. Analysis found the screening tests more effective in assigning student levels for some SAT-8 subtests than for others. (DB)

The final report describes the accomplishments of an 18-month study designed to adapt and standardize the 7th Edition of the Stanford Achievement Test with a national, randomly drawn sample of hearing-impaired students. The following objectives were accomplished: (1) test material and special procedures were developed and disseminated; (2) the…

Results of three studies based on Stanford Achievement Test data collected during the National Achievement Testing Program for Hearing Impaired Students in Spring, 1971 are reported. Compared in the first study are performance patterns of hearing impaired students on the Intermediate I and Advanced batteries with patterns of hearing…

This manual summarizes technical information regarding the 1982 Stanford Achievement Test, Seventh Edition when administered to hearing-impaired students. In Section 1, the procedures used to select the norming sample (7,557 hearing-impaired students) are described, and the demographic characteristics of the resulting sample are compared to those…

The objectives of the annual survey of hearing impaired children and youth which are presented are to collect, process, and disseminate statistical information on characteristics of all hearing impaired individuals through college age. One aspect of this work is described through results of the administration of the Stanford Achievement Tests…

In 1983, four screening tests for assigning students to the appropriate levels of the Stanford Achievement Test, Seventh Edition, were developed with a national sample of hearing impaired students. While students are normally assigned to one of six test level booklets according to grade, this is inappropriate for certain students. This paper…