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Naglieri, Jack A. – Contemporary Educational Psychology, 1982
Indices of scatter on the WISC-R and McCarthy Scales were examined for 20 educable mentally retarded and 20 learning disabled children in relation to 20 matched controls and to standardization samples. Exceptional children exhibited more subtest scatter and variability than the standardization sample but not more than the control group. (Author/RD)
Descriptors: Individual Differences, Intelligence Differences, Intelligence Tests, Learning Disabilities

Vance, Booney; And Others – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1983
Investigated the utility of profile analysis, using the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children--Revised (WISC--R) to differentiate learning disabled from emotionally disturbed and nonhandicapped children. Little evidence supported the use of WISC--R subtest scatter. Research efforts focused on WISC--R subtests related to the learning process are…
Descriptors: Children, Clinical Diagnosis, Elementary Education, Emotional Disturbances

Shepard, Lorrie – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 1983
Technical problems in the assessment of learning disabilities (LD) are only a small part of the problems leading to the misidentification of children in this category of handicap. Given all the other motives and purposes served by labeling a child LD in school, apparently sound measurement advice may actually do more harm than good. (LC)
Descriptors: Disability Identification, Educational Diagnosis, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education

Phelps, LeAdelle – Psychology in the Schools, 1996
Assesses the relationship of Wide Range Assessment of Memory and Learning scores to Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children II and Woodcock-Johnson-Revised results in three groups: (1) learning disabled children with reading difficulties; (2) attention deficit hyperactivity disorder children; and (3) nonhandicapped referred children. Total sample…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Disorders, Children, Cognitive Ability, Elementary Secondary Education