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Critical Issues in Specific Learning Disability Identification: What We Need to Know about the PSW Model
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McGill, Ryan J.; Styck, Kara M.; Palomares, Ronald S.; Hass, Michael R. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2016
As a result of the upcoming Federal reauthorization of the Individuals With Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEA), practitioners and researchers have begun vigorously debating what constitutes evidence-based assessment for the identification of specific learning disability (SLD). This debate has resulted in strong support for a method that…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Disability Identification, Disabilities, Federal Legislation
WISC-V. Efficacy Research Report
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Pearson, 2018
The Wechsler Intelligence Test for Children -- Fifth Edition (WISC-V) is a comprehensive intellectual ability assessment for children. The WISC-V was developed over the course of five years by an expert team including doctoral-level scientists and clinicians and an advisory panel, who provided expert advice about intellectual ability testing,…
Descriptors: Intelligence Tests, Children, Cognitive Ability, Adolescents
Discriminant Validity of the WISC-IV Culture-Language Interpretive Matrix
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Styck, Kara M.; Watkins, Marley W. – Contemporary School Psychology, 2014
The Culture-Language Interpretive Matrix (C-LIM) was developed to help practitioners determine the validity of test scores obtained from students who are culturally and linguistically different from the normative group of a test. The present study used an idiographic approach to investigate the diagnostic utility of the C-LIM for the Wechsler…
Descriptors: Test Validity, Special Needs Students, Cultural Differences, Intelligence Tests
WISC-III and WJ-R Tests of Achievement: Concurrent Validity and Learning Disability Identification.
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Schultz, Margaret – Journal of Special Education, 1997
This study examined effects on 62 elementary students with learning disabilities undergoing triennial reevaluation of the change from the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children--Revised to the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children--Third Edition. Results indicate changes in the correlation with Woodcock-Johnson--Revised Tests of Achievement…
Descriptors: Disability Identification, Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods, Intelligence Tests
A Comparison Between WISC-III and WISC-R Scores for Learning Disabilities Reevaluations.
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Lyon, Mark A. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1995
This study examined differences between Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Third Edition (WISC-III) and Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised (WISC-R) scores for 40 elementary students with learning disabilities. WISC-III Full Scale, Verbal, and Performance scores were lower than comparable WISC-R scores by one-third to one-half a…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Correlation, Disability Identification, Elementary Education
How To Detect Reading/Learning Disabilities Using the WISC-III.
Searls, Evelyn F. – 1997
This monograph describes the third edition of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC-III) and its relationship to reading/learning disabilities. It is designed for educators and students in education who want to go beyond the numerical values of the WISC-III intelligence quotients and understand the implications of the scores for the…
Descriptors: Disability Identification, Elementary Secondary Education, Intelligence Tests, Learning Disabilities