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Simpson, Robert G. – Diagnostique, 1983
Fifteen learning disabled students (six to nine years old) scored significantly higher on the PIAT spelling subtest than on a dictated spelling test using identical words. Either approach, however, (selection or supply) ranked subjects similarly. (Author/CL)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Learning Disabilities, Spelling, Student Evaluation
Peer reviewedAlgozzine, Bob; McGraw, Karen – Teaching Exceptional Children, 1980
The article addresses the usefulness of the Peabody Individual Achievement Test (PIAT) in assessing various levels of arithmetic performance. The mathematics subtest of the PIAT is considered in terms of purpose; mathematical abilities subsections (foundations, basic facts, applications); diagnostic testing (the error analysis matrix); and poor…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Diagnostic Tests, Disabilities, Educational Diagnosis
Peer reviewedGresham, Frank M.; And Others – School Psychology Review, 1987
The relative accuracy of teacher judgments of academic performance in classifying students as learning disabled (LD) or nonhandicapped (NH) was contrasted to standardized tests of intelligence and academic achievement. Results indicated that teacher judgments were as accurate in separating LD and NH groups as standardized tests of intelligence and…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Concurrent Validity
Download full textMarston, Doug; And Others – 1982
Two studies were conducted to examine the efficacy of direct measurement, standardized achievement tests, and aptitude-achievement discrepancy scores in distinguishing learning disabled (LD) and nonlearning disabled (NLD) students in grades 3 to 6. For both reading (Study I) and written expression (Study II), students' scores on direct and…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Cost Effectiveness, Data Collection, Elementary Education
Riggs, Joyce – 1979
Academic and behavioral assessment of learning disabled students (ages 3-11 years) at the Greene County Learning Center (Xenia, OH) is comprised of three tests (Woodcock Reading Mastery Tests, the Peabody Individual Achievement Test, and Group Learning Skills Tests) and teacher observation. An individualized educational program is determined based…
Descriptors: Diagnostic Teaching, Educational Diagnosis, Elementary Education, Identification
Peer reviewedSlate, John R. – B.C. Journal of Special Education, 1997
Differences between and interrelationships among reading and math achievement test scores for 269 students with learning disabilities were investigated to determine whether previous findings were replicable. Findings supported previous research that showed different achievement tests purporting to measure the same construct did not provide…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Clinical Diagnosis, Disability Identification, Elementary Secondary Education
Direct linkVanDerHeyden, Amanda M.; Witt, Joseph C.; Naquin, Gale – School Psychology Review, 2003
This article describes efforts to examine the validity of a screening process that provides objective data for multidisciplinary team meetings where consideration is being given to teacher referral of a student for assessment and possible placement in special education. In this study, the accuracy with which this process, called Problem Validation…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Achievement Tests, Grade 2, Special Education
