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Stuebing, Karla K.; Fletcher, Jack M.; Branum-Martin, Lee; Francis, David J. – School Psychology Review, 2012
This study used simulation techniques to evaluate the technical adequacy of three methods for the identification of specific learning disabilities via patterns of strengths and weaknesses in cognitive processing. Latent and observed data were generated and the decision-making process of each method was applied to assess concordance in…
Descriptors: Simulation, Learning Disabilities, Efficiency, Psychometrics
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Denton, Carolyn A.; Ciancio, Dennis J.; Fletcher, Jack M. – Reading Research Quarterly, 2006
This study evaluated the validity, reliability, and utility of five of the six subtests of Clay's (2002) Observation Survey of Early Literacy Achievement (OS), including Letter Identification, Word Reading, Writing Vocabulary, Hearing and Recording Sounds in Words, and Text Reading. In addition to a review of studies providing assessment of the…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Grade 1, Early Reading, Psychometrics
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Fletcher, Jack M. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1982
A longitudinal evaluation of the utility of a screening battery administered in kindergarten is shown to retain a high utility for predicting current achievement outcomes of the sample at the end of grade six. The use of discriminant functional analysis and statistical decision theory is discussed. (Author/CM)
Descriptors: Educational Testing, Elementary Education, Grade 6, Kindergarten