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Wendler, Cathy L. W.; Roid, Gale H. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1984
The problem of choosing educational and psychological tests to identify students with learning disabilities is discussed within a cost-efficiency framework. An efficiency index for estimating the classification accuracy of tests is presented and the use of expert judgment and the cost-effectiveness ratio is demonstrated with a numerical example.…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Disability Identification, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Disabilities
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Zavala, Jesus; Mims, Joan – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1983
The study compared 10 learning disabled and 10 non-learning disabled limited English proficient Mexican American elementary grade children. Six tests were identified as predicting learning disabilities including the Prueba de Lectura y Lenguaje Escrito and the Test of Nonverbal Intelligence. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Disability Identification, Elementary Education, Hispanic American Students, Learning Disabilities
Busenbark, Lynn, Ed. – 1993
This resource book assists in selecting appropriate instruments to use in assessing preschool children suspected of having disabilities. For each of the 68 tests reviewed, the following information is provided: author, publisher, copyright date, price, purpose, description, range of children, testing time, scoring, examiner, standardization,…
Descriptors: Child Development, Diagnostic Tests, Disabilities, Disability Identification
McGuigan, Corrine A. – B. C. Journal of Special Education, 1982
Philosophical, technical, and practical considerations in selecting and evaluating educational tests for exceptional children are discussed. The following major technical considerations are addressed: validity, reliability, sensitivity, appropriateness, objectivity, and feasibility. (SEW)
Descriptors: Diagnostic Tests, Disabilities, Disability Identification, Educational Diagnosis