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Evidence-Based Reading and Writing Assessment for Dyslexia in Adolescents and Young Adults
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Nielsen, Kathleen; Abbott, Robert; Griffin, Whitney; Lott, Joe; Raskind, Wendy; Berninger, Virginia W. – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2016
The same working memory and reading and writing achievement phenotypes (behavioral markers of genetic variants) validated in prior research with younger children and older adults in a multi-generational family genetics study of dyslexia were used to study 81 adolescent and young adults (ages 16 to 25) from that study. Dyslexia is impaired word…
Descriptors: Evidence Based Practice, Reading Achievement, Writing Evaluation, Dyslexia
Predictive Validity of the Revised Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale with Trainable Mentally Retarded Students.
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Thiel, Glenn W.; Reynolds, Cecil R. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1980
Forty trainable mentally retarded students were concurrently administered the Stanford Scale and the Wide Range Achievement Test (WRAT). WRAT reading, spelling and arithmetic subtests were regressed on Stanford intelligence quotients. Predictions were statistically valid. Derived regression equations are reported. (Author/CP)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Adolescents, Intelligence Tests
Validity of a Configural Interpretation of the Intellectual Screening and Achievement Scales of the Personality Inventory for Children.
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Bennett, Thomas S.; Welsh, M. Cay – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1981
The ratings of the Achievement and Intellectual Screening scales of the Personality Inventory for Children (PIC) are compared with scores on the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised (WISC-R) and the Wide Range Achievement Test (WRAT) to determine the efficacy of using the PIC as an index of children's performance on such measures.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Adolescents, Children
Predictive Validity of the WISC-R for White and Mexican-American Children.
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Reynolds, Cecil R.; Gutkin, Terry B. – 1980
Predictive validity of the Weschler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised (WISC-R), was investigated with 174 Chicanos and 94 Anglos, ages 10-11, who were referred for psychological services. Wide Range Achievement Test Reading, Spelling, and Arithmetic subtest scores were each regressed on WISC-R Verbal, Performance and Full Scale Intelligence…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Anglo Americans, Emotional Disturbances
Race, Social Class, and Predictive Bias: An Evaluation using the WISC, WRAT, and Teacher Ratings.
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Svanum, Soren; Bringle, Robert G. – Intelligence, 1982
Interrelationships among IQ, academic achievement, and teacher ratings of pupils' classroom achievement were evaluated in a large sample of children from various racial and socioeconomic backgrounds. A substantial relationship between standardized measures of IQ and achievement was found and was independent of race, but decreased with increasing…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Correlation, Elementary Education, Intelligence Quotient
The Effect of Sociocultural Factors on the Achievement of Minority Children.
Rodriguez, Richard F. – 1989
Biased assessment instruments and practices can lead to over-representation of minority children in special education classes. This paper analyzes the amount of variance in Mexican-American achievement test scores attributable to sociocultural factors. Fifty learning disabled Mexican-American elementary school students completed the Peabody…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Cultural Influences, Educational Diagnosis
Prediction of Reading Achievement for Learning Disabled Students Using the WISC-R.
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Webster, Raymond E.; And Others – 1979
This study examines the usefulness of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised (WISC-R) in predicting the reading achievement of 74 disabled readers in grade 3 on the word recognition subtest of the Wide Range Achievement Test (WRAT). The WRAT word recognition subtest was used because previous research has demonstrated a high positive…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Cognitive Processes, Elementary School Students, Grade 3
The Concurrent Validity of the Third Grade New York State Pupil Evaluation Program in Reading with Standardized Tests of Reading, Intelligence, and Cloze.
Warshavsky, Belle – 1975
The concurrent validity of the third grade, New York State Pupil Evaluation Reading Program (PEP) reading test was examined with the following standardized tests: the Durrell Silent Reading Test, the Gilmore Oral Reading Test, the Wide Range Achievement Test (WRAT), the Verbal IQ of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC), and the…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Cloze Procedure, Elementary School Students, Grade 3