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Testing a Multi-Stage Screening System: Predicting Performance on Australia's National Achievement Test Using Teachers' Ratings of Academic and Social Behaviors
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Kettler, Ryan J.; Elliott, Stephen N.; Davies, Michael; Griffin, Patrick – School Psychology International, 2012
This study addresses the predictive validity of results from a screening system of academic enablers, with a sample of Australian elementary school students, when the criterion variable is end-of-year achievement. The investigation included (a) comparing the predictive validity of a brief criterion-referenced nomination system with more…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Screening Tests, Predictive Validity
The Effects of Testing Accommodations on Students' Performances and Reactions to Testing
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Lang, Sylvia C.; Elliott, Stephen N.; Bolt, Daniel M.; Kratochwill, Thomas R. – School Psychology Quarterly, 2008
This study examined the effects of testing accommodations on students' test performances and reactions to the use of testing accommodations. Participants (N = 170) were fourth- and eighth-grade students, with and without disabilities. All students were administered, with and without accommodations, equivalent forms of widely used math and reading…
Descriptors: Testing Accommodations, Student Attitudes, Reading Tests, Testing
Effects and Perceived Consequences of Using Read-Aloud and Teacher-Recommended Testing Accommodations on a Reading Achievement Test
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McKevitt, Brian C.; Elliott, Stephen N. – School Psychology Review, 2003
This investigation examined the effects and consequences of using testing accommodations, including reading aloud test content, with a group of eighth-grade students (N = 79) on a standardized reading test. Research questions pertaining to the effects of accommodations on reading test scores and consequences of testing on teacher and student…
Descriptors: Research Design, Testing Accommodations, Test Content, Student Attitudes