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Jiménez, Juan E. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2017
The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization promoted the creation of a model instrument for individual assessment of students' foundational writing skills in the Spanish language that was based on a literature review and existing writing tools and assessments. The purpose of the "Early Grade Writing Assessment"…
Descriptors: Spanish, Writing Skills, Elementary School Students, Grade 1
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Vaughn, Sharon; Fletcher, Jack M. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2012
The authors summarize evidence from a multiyear study with secondary students with reading difficulties on (a) the potential efficacy of primary-level (Tier 1), secondary-level (Tier 2), and tertiary-level (Tier 3) interventions in remediating reading difficulties with middle school students, (b) the likelihood of resolving reading disabilities…
Descriptors: Evidence, Middle School Students, Reading Difficulties, Intervention
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Newcomer, Phyllis; Hammill, Donald – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1974
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Research, Learning Disabilities, Psycholinguistics, Screening Tests
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Miller, Lucy Jane; Sprong, Tracy A. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1986
Ten psychometric criteria (such as item analysis, concurrent validity, and interexaminer reliability) were used to compare four preschool screening tests: "Comprehensive Identification Process", "Developmental Indicators for the Assessment of Learning--Revised" (Dial--R), "Denver Developmental Screening Test", and…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Item Analysis, Preschool Education, Screening Tests
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Fulmer, Susanne; Fulmer, Robert – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1983
The Pre-Reading-Screening Procedures and the Slingerland Screening Tests for Identifying Children with Specific Language Disability were administered to 1021 grade one to six students. Results indicated that reliability and validity coefficients were acceptable and that educational programing decisions could confidently be based on the test…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Language Handicaps, Learning Disabilities, Screening Tests
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Ryckman, David B.; Rentfrow, Robert K. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1971
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Research, Perceptual Handicaps, Perceptual Motor Coordination, Screening Tests
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Aylward, Elizabeth H.; Schmidt, Steven – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1986
Kindergarten children (N=103) were administered three tests of visual-motor integration: Bender Gestalt Test, Beery Developmental Test of Visual Motor Integration and Geometric Design subtest of the Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence. Issues discussed include interscorer reliabilities, correlations among scores, correlations…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Learning Disabilities, Perceptual Motor Learning, Scoring
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Protopapas, Athanassios; Skaloumbakas, Christos – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2007
In this study, we examined the characteristics of reading disability (RD) in the seventh grade of the Greek educational system and the corresponding diagnostic practice. We presented a clinically administered assessment battery, composed of typically employed tasks, and a fully automated, computer-based assessment battery that evaluates some of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computer Assisted Testing, Grade 7, Reading Difficulties
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Weyandt, Lisa L.; Iwaszuk, Wendy; Fulton, Katie; Ollerton, Micha; Beatty, Noelle; Fouts, Hillary; Schepman, Stephen; Greenlaw, Corey – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2003
A study explored the construct of mental restlessness in 20 college students with and without attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) using the Internal Restlessness Scale (IRS). Students with ADHD reported significantly higher ratings of internal restlessness. The IRS appears to have adequate test-retest reliability and a four-factor…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Disorders, Behavior Rating Scales, College Students, Higher Education