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Feeney-Kettler, Kelly A.; Kratochwill, Thomas R.; Kaiser, Ann P.; Hemmeter, Mary Louise; Kettler, Ryan J. – Assessment for Effective Intervention, 2010
Accurate identification of young children at risk for mental health problems is a key step in establishing early childhood preventive intervention programs. Without psychometrically valid identification procedures, children in need of early intervention may not be identified and may not receive appropriate care. This article provides a review of…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, School Psychologists, Mental Health Workers, Psychological Testing
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Landrum, Timothy J. – Assessment for Effective Intervention, 2001
This article examines some problems associated with assessing students with emotional or behavioral disorders (EBD) for special education eligibility. Major issues include over-identification of students as EBD and the continuing overrepresentation of students of minority ethnicity. Movement away from the traditional norm-referenced approach to…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Disability Identification, Elementary Secondary Education, Emotional Disturbances
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Simpson, Robert G.; Smith, Shana; Johnson, Todd E.; Halpin, Gerald – Assessment for Effective Intervention, 2003
The Passage Comprehension portion of the Woodcock Reading Mastery Tests-Revised/NU was administered to 63 adolescents. Protocols were rescored using the following ceiling criteria: five consecutive errors, five errors in six consecutive responses, and five errors in seven consecutive responses. A strong relationship was determined among scores…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Criterion Referenced Tests, Disability Identification, Evaluation Criteria
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Yell, Mitchell L.; Drasgow, Erik – Assessment for Effective Intervention, 2001
This article examines the legal requirements of assessing students with disabilities, especially students with emotional and behavioral disorders (EBD). It reviews assessment legislation and litigation in special education and explains specific requirements for assessing students with EBD. The article also examines school districts' obligations…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Compliance (Legal), Court Litigation, Disability Identification
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Mitchell, Jami-Jon – Assessment for Effective Intervention, 2001
This article profiles the Comprehensive Test of Phonological Processing (CTOPP), an assessment designed to detect phonological processing deficits in students ages 5 through 24. The theoretical framework of the CTOPP, age-based versions of the CTOPP, subtests, testing procedures, test scores and interpretation, and reliability and validity are…
Descriptors: Disability Identification, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Phoneme Grapheme Correspondence