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The Concurrent Validity of the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test-Revised Relative to the Comprehensive Tests of Basic Skills.

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Beck, Frances Wi; And Others – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1985

The Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test Revised (PPVT-R) and the Comprehensive Tests of Basic Skills (CTBS) (reading, mathematics, and language subtests) were administered to 61 elementary school students in semi-rural Louisiana. Moderate positive correlations were found between PPVT-R scores and all CTBS subtests except mathematics computation. (GDC)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Basic Skills, Comparative Testing

Kindergarten Prediction of Reading Achievement: A Seven-Year Longitudinal Follow-Up.

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Fletcher, Jack M. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1982

A longitudinal evaluation of the utility of a screening battery administered in kindergarten is shown to retain a high utility for predicting current achievement outcomes of the sample at the end of grade six. The use of discriminant functional analysis and statistical decision theory is discussed. (Author/CM)

Descriptors: Educational Testing, Elementary Education, Grade 6, Kindergarten