Intended for parents and teachers of gifted students (preschool through graduate level), the document provides descriptions in "lay language" of tests used as identification and screening measures in gifted and talented programing. Explained in an introductory section are such concepts as IQ, various uses for tests, types of standardized…

Presented is a screening device for use in preschool programs to identify children with serious developmental delay. It is explained that the instrument will also help the classroom teacher to obtain a class profile. Screening tasks are charted and incorporated into lesson plans for the following skill areas: gross motor, fine motor, language,…

An inventory was constructed to screen children for psychiatric impairment. Factor analysis of the questionnaire items of child behavior yielded 18 factors. The 7 factors with the highest correlations with total psychiatric impairment were selected for the inventory, each represented by 5 items. (Author)

This article describes the screening approach and subsequent intervention strategies implemented by the Quincy school system in an effort not only to fulfill the legal mandate but to set the stage for follow-up research that will ultimately assist them in designing programs geared to primary prevention. (Author)

Short-form versions of the Screening Test of Spanish Grammar and the Northwestern Syntax Screening Test were devised and tested on 60 lower social status bilingual Latino children (four to seven years old).

A total of 142 full scale individual intelligence tests of students referred for gifted placement were rescored to compare the vocabulary (V) and block design (BD) dyad of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children Revised (WISC-R) with the full scale WISC-R and the limen method of scoring of the Stanford-Binet (SB) with the full scale SB.…

Use of environmental as well as developmental measures in screening high-risk children is suggested as a solution to some of the problems of EPSDT (Early and Periodic Screening Diagnosis and Treatment) and similar programs. (Author/CL)

Presents the screening procedure for English education students which was developed at the University of Washington. (DD)

The study involving 10 normal hearing young adults was designed to determine to what extent onset times of overlapping spondaic words were controlled in the development of the Staggered Spondaic Word Test (List EC), a measure which is used to detect perceptual processing problems associated with central auditory dysfunction. (Author/SBH)

Home environments of 91 6-month-old infants were assessed with the Home Observation for Measurement of the Environment Inventory to predict whether a child would be low IQ (below 70), low average (70 to 89), or average to superior (90 and above) at age 3 years. (Author)

The study documented the existence of specific learning disabilities among primary school children in Botswana and compared the relative effectiveness of a behavior rating scale, a group test of visual-motor integration, and teacher identification in identifying such children. (DB)

The validity of using an analysis of patterns of performance on the Meeting Street School Screening test versus using the composite cutoff score for identification of learning disabilities was analyzed for 1,377 first graders. Use of subtest scatter predicted later learning disability placements less accurately than chance. (Author/DB)

Contends that generally accepted criteria for screening asymptomatic individuals are not appropriate for the elderly due to the prevalence of symptoms and chronic problems in the elderly and the importance of tertiary prevention. Proposes evaluation criteria that reflect the goals of screening elderly individuals. (Author/ABB)

The study investigated the effectiveness of three instruments in discriminating 20 autistic from 20 trainable mentally retarded children (ages 3-12): Autism Screening Instrument for Educational Planning (ASIEP), Childhood Autism Rating Scale (CARS), and Diagnostic Checklist for Behavior Disordered Children. The CARS and ASIEP provided for a…

Describes Minnesota's Preschool Screening program, the first to offer free, voluntary health and developmental screening for state preschoolers, and a related Early Childhood Assessment project to deal with inconsistencies in diagnostic referral rates among school districts. Questions test validity, reliability, and standardization samples and…