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Davis, Sharon T.; Hathaway, Donna J. – Exceptional Parent, 1987
Parents can prepare their preschoolers for educational assessment by: determining reasons for the assessment; collecting relevant information and questions for the assessment team; discussing the testing program with their children and making sure they are comfortable; and discussing assessment results fully with the professionals when they have…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Disability Identification, Educational Diagnosis, Preschool Children
Peer reviewedLee, Steven W.; And Others – Behavioral Disorders, 1994
The Child Behavior Checklist and related forms were completed for 171 boys referred for school-based assessment resulting from academic and/or behavioral problems. Adolescents consistently underreported behavioral problems relative to parents and teachers regardless of subsequent diagnosis. Implications of these discrepancies in school-based…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Problems, Disability Identification, Educational Diagnosis
Peer reviewedShepard, Lorrie – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 1983
Technical problems in the assessment of learning disabilities (LD) are only a small part of the problems leading to the misidentification of children in this category of handicap. Given all the other motives and purposes served by labeling a child LD in school, apparently sound measurement advice may actually do more harm than good. (LC)
Descriptors: Disability Identification, Educational Diagnosis, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
