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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
Ammer, Jerome J. – 1983
A model is described that was developed to train future learning disabilities specialists to select and execute diagnostic prescriptive strategies. A series of flowcharts depict the diagnostic-prescriptive model from point of referral, specifying steps for the process in language and readings. The sequence of tasks illustrate critical decisions…
Descriptors: Diagnostic Teaching, Flow Charts, Learning Disabilities, Models
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Lynch, Collin F., Ed.; Merceron, Agathe, Ed.; Desmarais, Michel, Ed.; Nkambou, Roger, Ed. – International Educational Data Mining Society, 2019
The 12th iteration of the International Conference on Educational Data Mining (EDM 2019) is organized under the auspices of the International Educational Data Mining Society in Montreal, Canada. The theme of this year's conference is EDM in Open-Ended Domains. As EDM has matured it has increasingly been applied to open-ended and ill-defined tasks…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Data Analysis, Information Retrieval, Content Analysis
Snow, Ellen; And Others – 1987
This handbook was developed to provide adult educators in Texas with sufficient background in assessment models to ensure confidence in recognizing and/or selecting appropriate measurement techniques and in using evaluation results to individualize and improve instruction for adult students. The handbook is based on information derived from a…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Behavioral Objectives, Competency Based Education
Pershing, James A.; Schwandt, Thomas A. – 1980
Designed as a guide for state- and local-level vocational education program administrators, this monograph presents a schema for recruiting and selecting students for secondary vocational education programs. It also describes noteworthy recruitment and selection strategies and techniques suitable for adaptation in local schools. Section 1 is an…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Diagnostic Tests, Educational Planning, Models
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Ysseldyke, James E.; Marston, Douglas – School Psychology Review, 1982
When selecting standardized reading tests for purposes of decision making, the school psychologist must answer several questions, such as "What reading skills do I wish to assess?" or "How do I judge if the test is technically adequate?" Recommendations for test selection are made within the context of these questions.…
Descriptors: Criterion Referenced Tests, Elementary Education, Group Testing, Individual Testing