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Peer reviewedD'Amato, Rik Carl; And Others – Psychology in the Schools, 1987
Examined the concurrent validity of the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test-Revised (PPVT-R) and the Kaufman Assessment Battery for Childen (K-ABC) with 47 students referred for learning difficulties. Data analysis indicated that the K-ABC Achievement global scale was the only significant predictor of the PPVT-R. Implications for practitioners are…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Children, Concurrent Validity, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedSattler, Jerome M.; Ryan, Joseph J. – Psychology in the Schools, 1981
Results indicate that the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (Revised) is a valid predictor of achievement for children referred for learning disabilities. The verbal Scale IQ, and the Freedom from Distractibility IQ proved especially useful predictors of academic achievement. (JAC)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement, Achievement Tests, Comparative Testing
Peer reviewedTaylor, Ronald L.; Ivimey, John K. – Psychology in the Schools, 1980
The Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised (WISC-R) Comprehension, Arithmetic, and Object Assembly and McCarthy Quantitative and Memory Indices were most sensitive to learning disabled students' achievement. Conversely, the WISC-R Similarities and Arithmetic and the McCarthy Verbal Index were most sensitive to achievement of nonlearning…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Educational Diagnosis, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
McBeath, Marcia; Marken, Dan – 1977
Local norms for the three scores of the Wide Range Achievement Test (WRAT)--reading, spelling, and arithmetic--were developed on the basis of 1,021 children in the age range of 5 through 7 and 83 more children aged 8 through 11 from a suburban school district near Seattle, Washington. In general, the local group was found to be superior to the…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Age Grade Placement, Arithmetic, Elementary Education
Peer reviewedGrossman, Fred M. – Psychology in the Schools, 1981
The use of regression equations to predict the expected achievement levels of five- and six-year-old children on the Wide Range Achievement Test are discussed. Problems are found in identifying underachievement for children in the lower primary grades. Implications for the early identification of specific learning disabilities are described.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Diagnostic Tests, Early Childhood Education
Direct linkVanDerHeyden, Amanda M.; Witt, Joseph C.; Naquin, Gale – School Psychology Review, 2003
This article describes efforts to examine the validity of a screening process that provides objective data for multidisciplinary team meetings where consideration is being given to teacher referral of a student for assessment and possible placement in special education. In this study, the accuracy with which this process, called Problem Validation…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Achievement Tests, Grade 2, Special Education
Download full textRubin, Rosalyn A.; And Others – 1976
Relationships between performance on two preschool administrations of the Metropolitan Readiness Tests (MRT) and Stanford Achievement Test (SAT) scores at age nine were examined for a sample of 732 children. Significant correlations, ranging from .50 to .71, were obtained between readiness scores and SAT scores on reading, spelling and arithmetic.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Classification, Correlation
