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MacIntyre, Robert B.; And Others – 1980
The study examined the process by which diagnostic data on children thought to have learning disabilities (LD) are generated and used. Emphasis was placed on the validity of test instruments in common use in the field. Since part of the practical validity of any instrument used to identify an LD child rests on the validity of the LD construct…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Definitions, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Peer reviewedSautter, Scott W.; Barth, Jeffrey T. – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 1991
Several assessment procedures were analyzed to determine their ability to discriminate below-average from above-average readers among 50 first graders. Results indicated that language tests were more successful in classifying reading skills than were sensory-motor and perceptual procedures. Clear cut asymmetrical hemispheric specializations,…
Descriptors: Brain Hemisphere Functions, Evaluation Methods, Grade 1, Handicap Identification
Knuckle, Essie P. – 1984
Normal black adolescents were given neuropsychological tests of brain damage, and the interpretation of these tests was reviewed with respect to culturally relevant data. Subjects were 50 male and 50 female black students, aged 12-13, with no history of central nervous system trauma, and average scores on the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Black Attitudes, Black Culture
