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Peer reviewedMorrison, Delmont; Mantzicopoulos, Panayota – Remedial and Special Education (RASE), 1990
The predictive validity of SEARCH and of academic achievement tests for identifying children at risk for reading problems was compared, with 668 kindergarten children. The use of various cutoff scores for SEARCH and the application of a 2-factor scoring system resulted in high rates of false negatives and false positives. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Beginning Reading, Handicap Identification
Peer reviewedMorrison, Delmont; And Others – Annals of Dyslexia, 1988
The accuracy of SEARCH for identifying children at risk for developing learning disabilities was evaluated with 1,107 kindergarten children. Children identified as at risk were of average intelligence. SEARCH scores were significantly correlated with sequential and simultaneous information processing skills. SEARCH predicted adequacy of…
Descriptors: Concurrent Validity, Early Childhood Education, Handicap Identification, High Risk Students
Peer reviewedMantzicopoulos, Panayota Y.; Morrison, Delmont – Remedial and Special Education (RASE), 1994
This study examined the early profiles of 270 kindergarten students screened for learning difficulties in kindergarten with SEARCH (an early identification measure) of which 32 had inadequate reading skills at the end of second grade. The SEARCH instrument tended to underidentify children from higher socioeconomic backgrounds and overidentify…
Descriptors: Disability Identification, Early Identification, High Risk Students, Learning Disabilities
