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Peer reviewedHarris, Karen R.; Reid, Robert – Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 1991
This critical evaluation of the Slosson Intelligence Test (SIT) determined that the test items are 30 years old, scores are derived from a nonrepresentative norm group, and scores are not interchangeable with other intelligence measures. The paper concludes that the SIT is unsuited for educational decision-making purposes, including screening,…
Descriptors: Educational Diagnosis, Elementary Secondary Education, Handicap Identification, Intelligence Tests
Peer reviewedScott, Marcia Strong; Fletcher, Kathryn L.; Deuel, Lois-Lynn Stoyko – Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 1998
A study involving 335 normally achieving children and 88 children with learning disabilities or mild mental retardation attending prekindergarten or kindergarten found that three of ten tasks of a cognitive screening test provided the best classification: semantic information/visual, semantic information/verbal, and rhyming tasks (prekindergarten)…
Descriptors: Classification, Disability Identification, Early Childhood Education, Evaluation Methods
Direct linkMazzocco, Michele M. M.; Thompson, Richard E. – Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 2005
The aim of the present study was to address how to effectively predict mathematics learning disability (MLD). Specifically, we addressed whether cognitive data obtained during kindergarten can effectively predict which children will have MLD in third grade, whether an abbreviated test battery could be as effective as a standard psychoeducational…
Descriptors: Psychoeducational Methods, Individual Testing, Grade 2, Grade 3
