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Deshler, Donald D.; And Others – 1980
A statewide random sampling of seven groups of professional educators (N=90) and 30 parents of learning disabled (LD) students were compared for their degree of agreement on the Modified Component Disability Instrument. Professionals included teachers of LD adolescents, remedial reading teachers, school psychologists, speech clinicians, school…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Patterns, Check Lists, Evaluation Criteria
Stennett, R. G.; Isaacs, Lorna M. – 1979
The preliminary report--two-thirds of which consists of tabular data--describes an early identification system used in London, Ontario (Canada) for kindergarten and first grade high risk students, and provides some data bearing on the internal consistency and concurrent validity of the system. Simple descriptive summaries of some characteristics…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Academic Failure, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries
Hetrick, Ethel – 1980
In Louisiana, the Early Childhood Evaluation Project undertook to study the feasibility of screening preschool children for potential handicaps in rural and urban areas using relatively untrained university students and to evaluate the cost effectiveness of different screening instruments. Findings showed that the largest number of children were…
Descriptors: College Students, Cost Effectiveness, Disabilities, Evaluation Methods
Alley, Gordon R.; And Others – 1980
The reliability and validity of the Modified Component Disability Checklist were examined with five secondary learning disabled (LD) teachers, 21 low achieving students, and 21 LD students in grades 7, 8, and 9. During Phase I, teachers matched the component disability to the target behavior; and in Phase II teachers were told to judge each target…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Patterns, Check Lists, Handicap Identification
Alley, Gordon R.; And Others – 1980
The study investigated the reliability and validity of professional groups using the Modified Component Disability Instrument to identify/evaluate learning disabled (LD) adolescents. Ss included 166 LD teachers, speech clinicians, remedial reading teachers, school psychologists, school principals, and school counselors. Calculations were made for…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Patterns, Check Lists, Evaluation Criteria