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Download full textGraue, M. Elizabeth; Shepard, Lorrie A. – 1988
In response to the fact that technical standards for screening and placement tests must be more rigorous than those for readiness tests, the predictive validity of the Gesell School Readiness Tests (GSRT) was examined. The purpose of the GSRT, a commonly used screening instrument, is the assessment of children's developmental behaviors to aid in…
Descriptors: Achievement Rating, Elementary School Students, Grade 1, Kindergarten Children
New York State Education Dept. Albany. Office for the Education of Children with Handicapping Conditions. – 1985
The publication is intended to help those wishing to establish educational programs for handicapped preschoolers. Nine topic areas are addressed: (1) assessing local service needs; (2) identifying available funding sources; (3) choosing a program site; (4) locating and accessing referral services (suggested strategies for generating referrals);…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Disabilities, Early Childhood Education, Eligibility
Marston, 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
Brown, Cheryl J.; Kincaid, J. Peter – 1982
This study was conducted to establish Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) cutoff scores for the assignment of the appropriate level of the Gates-MacGinitie Reading Tests to individual Navy recruits. The Word Knowledge (WK) and Paragraph Comprehension (PC) scores were combined to provide a composite score useful as a predictor of an…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Armed Forces, Basic Skills, Military Training
Peer reviewedProger, Barton B. – Journal of Special Education, 1974
Reviewed is the Test of Perceptual Organization, a screening device for difficulties in cognitive functioning, perceptual functioning, perceptual motor ability, and emotional adjustment, which requires that adolescents follow 10 detailed instructions on a street map. (MC)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Adolescents, Emotional Disturbances, Evaluation
Bowyer, Dianne R.; And Others – 1978
The paper describes principles and procedures of naturalistic assessment as practiced in the Schaumberg Early Education Center (SEEC), a preschool setting for handicapped children. It is explained that a multidisciplinary team observes and interacts with students in an environment that encourages play and spontaneity. The SEEC screening procedure…
Descriptors: Child Development, Early Childhood Education, Evaluation Methods, Handicapped Children
Bureau of Community Health Services (DHHS/PHS), Rockville, MD. – 1981
This manual shows health providers how to perform precisely and expertly each step of several procedures used in screening children for nutritional problems. It is intended for all health providers who are involved in weighing and measuring children, recording and plotting measurements on growth charts, taking blood samples to test for iron…
Descriptors: Anemia, Body Height, Body Weight, Children
Shepard, Lorrie; Smith, Mary Lee – 1981
This study evaluated the procedures and results of the identification of children with Perceptual-Communicative Disorders (PCD) in Colorado. The process of identification includes referral, assessment, staffing and placement. The number of children identified as PCD by current procedures is large and growing. Variations in the prevalence of PCD…
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Cost Effectiveness, Due Process, Elementary Education
PDF pending restorationFunabiki, Dean; And Others – 1981
Research directed toward examining clinical depression among college students requires valid criterion measures for identifying depressed individuals. The Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), the most widely-used self-report screening instrument for identifying depressed college students, has been criticized for its heavy emphasis on cognitive items…
Descriptors: Classification, Clinical Diagnosis, Clinical Psychology, Cognitive Processes
Glasnapp, Douglas R.; And Others – 1981
The paper describes the application of discriminant analysis to the identification of academically gifted elementary grade students. The principles of discriminant analysis are explained to provide a weighted profile of scores across predictor variables which are then compared with a criterion measure. An illustration of the method's used with 64…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Achievement Tests, Behavior Rating Scales, Discriminant Analysis
Hart, Donna R. – 1978
The document reports a study to determine if there is a higher incidence of behavior disorders or language differences in a group of 50 2-year-old Ss who have multiple minor physical anomalies as compared to a group with four or fewer anomalies, and to determine if there is a significant correlation between behavior disorders and language…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Congenital Impairments, Exceptional Child Research, High Risk Students
Laub, Karen W.; And Others – 1978
In order to comply with Public Law 94-142, Education for All Handicapped Children Act, procedures for planning and conducting screening (identification) and assessment of preschool handicapped children in rural areas were developed. Screening was accomplished by public awareness campaigns, health screening, or school census analysis. In the HICOMP…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Developmental Disabilities, Guides, Handicap Identification
Black, Talbot, Ed. – 1979
Eleven author contributed papers presented at a 1978 conference on measuring the growth and development of young handicapped children are presented. N. Anastasiow presents a rationale for measurement in his paper "A Philosophical Perspective: Why Measure Child Progress?'" Seven papers address instrument selection: "Screening, Diagnosis, and…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Evaluation Methods, Handicapped Children, Infants
Groh, Raymond Philip, Jr. – 1980
A study of 102 children who failed a preschool hearing screening was undertaken to describe the effectiveness of the followup procedures used in public health screening programs. Parents of the study children were interviewed to ascertain the parents' ability to understand the purpose of the testing and the technician's comments following the…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Exceptional Child Research, Handicap Identification, Hearing Impairments
WEBB, CLARENCE; AND OTHERS – 1964
APPROXIMATELY 1,300 MENTALLY RETARDED PATIENTS WERE INVOLVED IN A STUDY ON THE ADEQUACY OF HEARING TESTS, THE INCIDENCE OF HEARING LOSS, AND STANDARDIZATION OF PROCEDURES. THE STUDY INCLUDED TEST STANDARDIZATION AND EVALUATION, HEARING SCREENING AND PSYCHOLOGICAL-SOCIAL-OTOLOGICAL EVALUATION, AND HEARING TEST DEVELOPMENT. THE SUBJECTS WHO…
Descriptors: Auditory Discrimination, Auditory Tests, Correctional Institutions, Evaluation Methods
