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Piersel, Wayne C.; Kinsey, Jane H. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1984
First-Grade Screening Test scores of 72 kindergarten children were compared with end-of-year kindergarten performance and midyear achievement testing in first grade. Results suggested moderate predictive utility. Strong relationships with concept-learning and direction-following tasks indicated that the test's construct validity needs to be…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Disability Identification, Kindergarten, Predictive Validity

Meisels, Samuel J.; And Others – Psychology in the Schools, 1984
Proposes criteria for defining and selecting preschool developmental screening instruments and describes the Early Screening Inventory (ESI), a developmental screening instrument designed to satisfy these criteria. Presents results of several studies demonstrating that the ESI predicts school performance with moderate to excellent accuracy through…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Disability Identification, Evaluation Criteria, Maturity Tests

Naglieri, Jack A.; Harrison, Patti L. – Psychology in the Schools, 1982
Examined the relationships between the McCarthy Scales General Cognitive Index, the McCarthy Screening Test, Kaufman's McCarthy short form, and the Peabody Individual Achievement Test using a sample of elementary students. Found the Estimated General Cognitive Index by Kaufman's short form was virtually identical to the McCarthy Scales Index.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Measurement, Comparative Testing, Correlation