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Schroeder, Meadow; Drefs, Michelle A.; Zwiers, Michael – Canadian Journal of School Psychology, 2020
Within the Canadian context, the two major learning disability classification systems are arguably the American Psychiatric Association's (APA) "Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders" and the Learning Disabilities Association (LDAC) of Canada's "Official Definition of Learning Disabilities." Several of the more…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Learning Disabilities, Students with Disabilities, Clinical Diagnosis
Kozloff, Allison Burstein – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Comprehensive academic achievement tests are routinely used by school psychologists in psycho-educational assessment batteries to identify learning disabled students. A variety of assessment measures are used across age groups to determine if a discrepancy exists between academic achievement and intellectual functioning; however, among the most…
Descriptors: Intelligence, Educational Assessment, Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests
Emens, Rebecca; Sapp, Gary L.; Dorsey, Jeannene; Kohler, Maxie – 2000
Scores on the Wechsler Individual Achievement Test (WIAT), the Diagnostic Achievement Battery (DAB-2) and the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC-III), were compared for 58 students assessed for placement in exceptional education. Primary questions concerned (a) the relationships among WIAT, DAB-2, and WISC-III scores, (b) similarities…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Intelligence Tests, Racial Differences, School Psychology