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Avant, Anna H. – 1985
The stability of intelligence test scores over time was examined for the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised (WISC-R). Subjects included 64 children aged 6-16, who had been administered the WISC-R during prior evaluations. These students had been referred because of academic difficulties. One-third of the sample had taken the test…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Intelligence Quotient, Intelligence Tests, Learning Problems
Buckhalt, Joseph A. – Diagnostique, 1990
The Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence-Revised, intended for children ages 3-7, is used to diagnosis exceptional intellectual ability in school settings. Its 12 subtests measure both Performance Intelligence Quotient and Verbal Intelligence Quotient. This paper describes the test's administration, summation of data,…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Diagnostic Tests, Gifted, Handicap Identification
Oxford-Carpenter, Rebecca L.; And Others – 1984
This paper presents an evaluation of Army job training development and testing practices, with a focus on Advanced Individual Testing. Information comes from intensive interviews with school instructors and from observations in the schools. Results indicate that some aspects of the Instructional Systems Development (ISD) model have been…
Descriptors: Adults, Criterion Referenced Tests, Instructional Development, Instructional Systems
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Cahan, Sorel; Gejman, Alicia – Roeper Review, 1993
The constancy of intelligence quotients (IQs) of 161 gifted Israeli children, obtained initially in grades K-4 and retested 1-4 years later, was examined. Results indicated that 86% still qualified as gifted on the retest, with mean differences of five to eight IQ points. Performance scores tended to remain constant, whereas verbal scores tended…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Gifted
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Greenan, James P.; Jarwan, Fathi A. – Career Development for Exceptional Individuals, 1992
This study focused on the validation of Generalizable Reasoning Skills assessment instruments with students with disabilities in secondary vocational programs. Results indicated that student self-ratings, teacher ratings, and a performance test were internally consistent and precise measures of reasoning skills for some uses but that most…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Disabilities, Evaluation Methods, Generalization
Goldstein, Harvey; Wolf, Alison – 1986
Locally developed occupational tests were administered to 16- and 17-year-olds in a government-sponsored vocational education program in the United Kingdom over a six-month period in 1984. Job skills were tested in two occupational areas: use of a micrometer and invoice completion. Some performance tests were designed by researchers and some by…
Descriptors: Comparative Testing, Criterion Referenced Tests, Evaluation Criteria, Foreign Countries
S.E.E. Center for the Advancement of Deaf Children, Los Alamitos, CA. – 1991
The Educational Sign Skills Evaluation (ESSE) was developed to provide a means of identifying the dominant signing style of an individual and to provide feedback on areas of strength and areas in need of improvement. It provides an overall expressive skills rating as well as information on the type, level, and degree of understanding demonstrated…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Deaf Interpreting, Deafness, Elementary Secondary Education