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Fuchs, Douglas; Compton, Donald L.; Fuchs, Lynn S.; Bryant, V. Joan; Hamlett, Carol L.; Lambert, Warren – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2012
In a sample of 195 first graders selected for poor reading performance, the authors explored four cognitive predictors of later reading comprehension and reading disability (RD) status. In fall of first grade, the authors measured the children's phonological processing, rapid automatized naming (RAN), oral language comprehension, and nonverbal…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading Difficulties, Oral Language, Grade 5
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Watkins, Marley W.; Kush, Joseph C.; Glutting, Joseph J. – Psychology in the Schools, 1997
Tests of the validity of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children Third Edition Arithmetic, Coding, Information, and Digit Span (ACID) profile among 612 students with learning disabilities revealed that the ACID profile does not efficiently separate children with disabilities from those without disabilities. No ACID cutting score significantly…
Descriptors: Children, Disability Identification, Educational Diagnosis, Elementary Education
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Gallerani, David; And Others – Psychology in the Schools, 1982
Examined construction of different predictive models for readiness for first grade, using data from prekindergarten screening. Found 45.6 percent to 75.9 percent of the children correctly classified. Results indicate that less emphasis should be given to collecting historical screening data and that many social/emotional problems may go undetected…
Descriptors: Disability Identification, Elementary Education, Grade 1, Kindergarten Children