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Predicting Math Outcomes from a Reading Screening Assessment in Grades 3-8. REL 2016-180
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Truckenmiller, Adrea J.; Petscher, Yaacov; Gaughan, Linda; Dwyer, Ted – Regional Educational Laboratory Southeast, 2016
District and state education leaders frequently use screening assessments to identify students who are at risk of performing poorly on end-of-year achievement tests. This study examines the use of a universal screening assessment of reading skills for early identification of students at risk of low achievement on nationally normed tests of reading…
Descriptors: Prediction, Predictive Validity, Predictor Variables, Mathematics Achievement
Early Identification System: Preliminary Report. Research Report 79-04.
Stennett, R. G.; Isaacs, Lorna M. – 1979
The preliminary report--two-thirds of which consists of tabular data--describes an early identification system used in London, Ontario (Canada) for kindergarten and first grade high risk students, and provides some data bearing on the internal consistency and concurrent validity of the system. Simple descriptive summaries of some characteristics…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Academic Failure, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries
A Multi-Trait, Multi-Method Analysis of the Bayesian Screening Instrument and Test Battery for LD Adolescents.
Alley, Gordon R.; And Others – 1980
The reliability and validity of the Modified Component Disability Checklist were examined with five secondary learning disabled (LD) teachers, 21 low achieving students, and 21 LD students in grades 7, 8, and 9. During Phase I, teachers matched the component disability to the target behavior; and in Phase II teachers were told to judge each target…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Patterns, Check Lists, Handicap Identification
Primary Prevention of Child Abuse: The Identification of High Risk Parents.
Bavolek, Stephen J. – 1980
The study was designed to assess the parenting and child rearing attitudes of four parent populations: abusive parents (N=24), foster parents (N=99), parents of handicapped children (N=171), and nonabusive parents (N=47). Demographic data was collected on the four populations and Ss were administered the Adolescent Parenting Inventory. Among…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Rearing, Disabilities, Exceptional Child Research
Validation of Current and Alternative Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) Area Composites, Based on Training and Skill Qualification Test (SQT) Information on Fiscal Year 1981 and 1982 Enlisted Accessions. Technical Report 651.
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McLaughlin, Donald H.; And Others – 1984
This report describes a large scale research effort to validate and improve the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) aptitude area (AA) composites now used by the Army to select and classify enlisted personnel. Data were collected from existing Army sources on over 60,000 soldiers and over 60 Military Occupational Specialties (MOS).…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Aptitude Tests, Correlation, Criteria
Reliability and Validity of the Bayesian Identification Procedure for Learning Disabled Adolescents.
Alley, Gordon R.; And Others – 1980
The study investigated the reliability and validity of professional groups using the Modified Component Disability Instrument to identify/evaluate learning disabled (LD) adolescents. Ss included 166 LD teachers, speech clinicians, remedial reading teachers, school psychologists, school principals, and school counselors. Calculations were made for…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Patterns, Check Lists, Evaluation Criteria