This study examined the supporting documentation submitted by students with learning disability (LD) diagnoses. The participants were 210 students who were enrolled in a college support program for students with disabilities at a private liberal arts college. Findings showed that although most students submitted a psychoeducational evaluation,…

This study, involving 64 students with specific learning disabilities, found positive correlations between the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-III (WISC-III) and the Arithmetic subtest of the Wide Range Achievement Test-Revised (WRAT-R), the KeyMath-Revised, and the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test-Revised, but not between the WISC-III and…

Analyzed for examiner errors 55 Wide Range Achievement Test-Revised (WRAT-R) protocols completed by 9 practitioners for metropolitan school district. All practitioners made errors, which occurred on 95 percent of protocols and averaged 3.0 errors per protocol. Most frequent errors included failures to obtain correct ceiling or basal, and failures…

The study was designed to provide a comparison of Peabody Individual Achievement Test (PIAT) and Wide Range Achievement Test (WRAT) scores in 49 learning disabled children (mean age 11 years at initial testing). (SBH)

Examined computational errors made by educable mentally retarded students on the arithmetic subtest of the Wide Range Achievement Test. Retarded students had a lower percent of grouping and inappropriate inversion errors and a higher percent of incorrect operation errors than regular students had in Engelhardt's study. (Author)

To determine whether the preponderance of males in classrooms for the learning disabled (LD) constitutes sexual discrimination, an objective index involving the discrepancy between expected and actual achievement was calculated for each student. No evidence was found to indicate sexual bias in diagnostic and placement practices. (Author/ABB)

Reports data on the predictive utility of the WISC-R factor scores for Native American Navajos and examines the diagnostic utility of the FD scores as a correlate of academic achievement. Results indicate limited utility of the WISC-R factor scores in predicting academic achievement for Native American Navajos. (Author/RC)

Though some unexpected sex differences were discovered, the two diagnostic categories were not found to be psychometrically distinct. Further, the results of a longitudinal analysis suggested that, while IQ scores remained relatively stable over time within a subset of the original sample, achievement scores definitely declined. (Author)

The study sought to determine if significant predictive relationships could be found between diagnostic psychological test data and the changes in academic achievement of learning handicapped children participating in a resource specialist program for one period per day. The 102 students, with a mean age of 9 years, were administered the Wide…

The position that intelligence and achievement are essentially different measures of the same construct has often been referred to as a "jangle fallacy." Such a position challenges the present practice of placing children in learning disabilities programs based on a discrepancy between Intelligence Quotient (IQ) and achievement. This…

A discriminant analysis was performed to ascertain what psycho-educational assessment variables made the greatest predictive contribution to the classification of high school students referred for Child Study Team evaluation. Thirty-nine students classified as learning disabled were compared to 47 classified as ineligible for special services.…

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…

The use of regression equations to predict the expected achievement levels of five- and six-year-old children on the Wide Range Achievement Test are discussed. Problems are found in identifying underachievement for children in the lower primary grades. Implications for the early identification of specific learning disabilities are described.…