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Flanagan, Dawn P.; Schneider, W. Joel – International Journal of School & Educational Psychology, 2016
When education works, it creates productive, innovative citizens eager to contribute to a well-functioning democracy. In contrast, educational failure has lifelong consequences, with some individuals experiencing decades of preventable hardship. Dawn Flanagan and Joel Schneider write in this response that, like Kranzler, Floyd, Benson, Zabowski,…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Identification, Diagnostic Tests, Criticism
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Greathouse, Dan; Shaughnessy, Michael F. – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2016
Whenever a major intelligence or achievement test is revised, there is always renewed interest in the underlying structure of the test as well as a renewed interest in the scoring, administration, and interpretation changes. In this interview, Amy Gabel discusses the most recent revision of the "Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Fifth…
Descriptors: Children, Intelligence Tests, Test Use, Test Validity
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Parker, Richard; And Others – Journal of Special Education, 1992
Twenty years of research on the Maze, a classroom-based reading measure for students with learning disabilities, is summarized. Overall, the research is supportive of the Maze. However, the most common version requires revision to obtain minimum construct validity, and additional research is needed on reliability and usefulness of alternate forms.…
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Construct Validity, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Disabilities
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Beers, Carol S.; Beers, James W. – Elementary School Journal, 1980
Discusses the inadequacy of three basic assumptions that school systems make in early identification of learning disabilities that (1) learning disabilities is a category relatively easy to define, (2) such identification can be done easily by trained professionals and paraprofessionals, and (3) prevention, in the form of intervention, naturally…
Descriptors: Ethics, Identification, Learning Disabilities, Preschool Children
Cuenin, Lynn H. – Learning Disabilities Focus, 1990
The Woodcock Johnson Psycho-Educational Battery (Revised) is reviewed in regard to its application with learning-disabled (LD) adults. Strengths of the revised test are identified as are concerns about the low representation of LD adults in the normative sample and the complex interpretation process. (DB)
Descriptors: Adults, Handicap Identification, Learning Disabilities, Student Evaluation
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Mabbott, Ann Sax – Foreign Language Annals, 1995
In response to a previous article, this article addresses issues raised about the identification of subjects as learning disabled and the use of the Modern Language Aptitude Test as a predictor of success. (JL)
Descriptors: Identification, Language Aptitude, Learning Disabilities, Predictive Validity
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Mostert, Mark P. – Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 1996
This article proposes a set of criteria for reporting meta-analyses of topics in learning disabilities. Application of the criteria to examples of published meta-analyses reveals the wide variation in amount of reported data, which could influence the summative results of meta-analyses and subsequent judgment of face validity. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Guidelines, Learning Disabilities, Literature Reviews, Meta Analysis
Ysseldyke, James E. – 1977
The author traces reasons to support his contention that the state of the art in assessing learning disabled students is not good. Among issues examined are the following: use of tests for purposes other than those for which they were intended; technical adequacy of currently used tests (standardization, reliability, validity); the use of deficit…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Learning Disabilities, Student Evaluation, Test Bias
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Kinnealey, Moya; Royeen, Charlotte Brasic – Occupational Therapy Journal of Research, 1989
Kinnealey reports on a study comparing tactile functions of 30 learning-disabled and 30 normal eight-year-olds as measured by the Southern California Sensory Integration Tests and the Luria-Nebraska Neuropsychological Battery. Reliability and validity of the two measures were examined. Results showed a significant difference between the tactile…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Sensory Integration, Student Evaluation, Tactual Perception
Graham, Steve – Learning Disabilities Focus, 1989
The review of the Test of Written Language-2 (TOWL-2) raises concerns about alternate forms reliability, subtest reliability, content validity, and omissions. It concludes that the TOWL-2 is an expanded and greatly modified version of the original test but may not be appropriate for identifying a student's specific writing problems. (DB)
Descriptors: Diagnostic Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Disabilities, Screening Tests
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Montague, Marjorie – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1993
This commentary on Edwin Ellis' model of integrative strategy instruction for use with students with learning disabilities argues the need for systematic investigations of the multiple facets of the program. The ISI model is examined in terms of the eight principles of strategy instruction outlined by H.L. Swanson. (JDD)
Descriptors: Integrated Activities, Learning Disabilities, Learning Strategies, Research Needs
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Harris, Larry P.; Wolf, Steven R. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1979
The article focuses on the controversy over norm-referenced v criterion-referenced measures (CRM) in assessment of learning disorders. The authors contend that while the reliability of CRMs is generally indisputable, the validity of measures designed from local curricula is still dependent on the intuitive judgments of teachers. (Author/SBH)
Descriptors: Criterion Referenced Tests, Evaluation Methods, Learning Disabilities, Norm Referenced Tests
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Gresham, Frank M.; MacMillan, Donald L.; Beebe-Frankenberger, Margaret E.; Bocian, Kathleen M. – Learning Disabilities: Research & Practice, 2000
A survey of intervention articles published in major learning disabilities journals over the past 5 years found only 18.5 percent of these studies measured the integrity with which treatments were implemented, thus casting doubt on treatment effectiveness. This article discusses treatment integrity logic, threats to experimental validity without…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Intervention, Learning Disabilities
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Jongsma, Eugene A. – Reading Teacher, 1982
Reviews the ANSER System, a set of questionnaires designed to collect background information from parents, teachers, and students that would be useful in conducting indepth evaluations of learning and behavioral problems. Concludes that because it relies on subjective interpretations, its use should be limited to specialists. (FL)
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Diagnostic Tests, Elementary Education, Learning Disabilities
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Hoehn, Theodore P.; Baumeister, Alfred A. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1994
This article critically examines issues of whether children with learning disabilities differentially exhibit concomitant problems in sensory integration (SI) and whether such children are helped by SI therapy. It concludes that research findings indicate that SI therapy is not merely unproven but a demonstrably ineffective remedial treatment for…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Intervention, Learning Disabilities, Outcomes of Treatment
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