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Peer reviewedGlutting, Joseph J.; Bear, George G. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1989
The study evaluated the utility of Kaufman-Assessment Battery for Children (K-ABC) subtests in differentiating learning-disabled children from students with other handicapping conditions, and compared K-ABC subtests with Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised subtests. Results showed that subtest scores did not enhance differential…
Descriptors: Classification, Educational Diagnosis, Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods
Peer reviewedNolet, Victor; Tindal, Gerald – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1995
Seventh-grade science students (n=22) wrote prompted essays, compare-contrast essays, and traditional end-of-chapter criterion-referenced tests. Results indicated that essay tests may be highly sensitive to instructional content and prompt design, and the validity of essays as measures of content learning relates more to goals of instruction than…
Descriptors: Content Area Writing, Criterion Referenced Tests, Essay Tests, Junior High Schools
