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McCabe, Allyssa; Champion, Tempii B. – Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2010
The "Expressive Vocabulary Test" (EVT) has recently been found culturally fair for an economically mixed sample of African American children, and others have argued that it is fairer for such participants than the "Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test-III" (PPVT-III). In this study, the authors sought to replicate these findings…
Descriptors: African American Students, African American Children, Item Analysis, Low Income Groups
National Forum on Early Childhood Program Evaluation, 2008
"Evaluation Science Briefs" summarize the findings and implications of a recent study evaluating the effects of an early childhood program or environment. This Brief evaluates the study "Durable Effects of Concentrated Disadvantage on Verbal Ability Among African-American Children" (R. Sampson; R. Sharkey; and S. Raudenbush.)…
Descriptors: African American Children, Neighborhoods, Economically Disadvantaged, Academic Achievement
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Hazel-Fernandez, Leslie Ann; Klorman, Rafael; Wallace, James M.; Cook, Stephen – Journal of Attention Disorders, 2006
Objective: The undertreatment of ethnic minority children with ADHD prompted a study on the effects of methylphenidate (MPH) on the executive functions of African American children with ADHD. Method: Nineteen African American children with ADHD are tested on the Tower of Hanoi (TOH) and the Paired Associates Learning Task (PAL) in a double-blind…
Descriptors: African American Children, Attention Deficit Disorders, Minority Group Children, Patients