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Reasons and Rationales for Neuropsychological Tests in a Multitier System of School Services
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Schmitt, Ara J.; Wodrich, David L. – Psychology in the Schools, 2008
Many contemporary learning disabilities (LD) experts advocate a multitiered service delivery system. Included in this formulation is the obligation to deliver for each struggling student increasingly sophisticated and intensive services before special education is considered. For students who evidence failed response to intervention, an…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Learning Problems, Student Behavior, Intervention
Evaluating WISC-R Change Scores.
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Atkinson, Leslie – Psychology in the Schools, 1992
Discusses Bauman's (1991) evaluation of stability of Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (Revised) IQs in children with learning difficulties. Argues that some procedures produced magnified estimates of instability. Presents reanalysis of data that suggests that, although stability coefficients were high, approximately 25 percent of sample…
Descriptors: Evaluation Problems, Foreign Countries, Intelligence Tests, Scores
Social Maladjustment and Emotional Disturbance: Problems and Positions I.
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Clarizio, Harvey F. – Psychology in the Schools, 1992
Several controversies surround differentiation between socially maladjusted and seriously emotionally disturbed. Central to controversy is interpretation of social maladjustment as restricted to include socialized aggressive and adjudicated delinquents or broadened to include Conduct Disorders, Oppositional Defiant Disorder, and antisocial…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Antisocial Behavior, Children, Delinquency
Social Maladjustment and Emotional Disturbance: Problems and Positions II.
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Clarizio, Harvey F. – Psychology in the Schools, 1992
Examines three controversial issues surrounding differentiation between socially maladjusted and seriously emotionally disturbed students: (1) whether treatment methods should differ for two groups; (2) whether socially maladjusted are truly handicapped; and (3) the education of the socially maladjusted. Calls for a continuum of services for the…
Descriptors: Educational Diagnosis, Elementary Secondary Education, Emotional Disturbances, Labeling (of Persons)
Some Concerns about the Estimation of Learning Potential from the System of Multicultural Pluralistic Assessment.
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Yonge, George D. – Psychology in the Schools, 1982
After considering how an estimate of learning potential (ELP) is derived from the System of Multicultural Pluralistic Assessment, shows that most of the characteristics of ELP deemed to be important are generated by statistical artifacts. Notes that the fundamental assumption underlying ELP is without supportive evidence. (Author)
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Aptitude, Position Papers, Predictive Measurement