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Peer reviewedWatkins, Marley W.; Kush, Joseph C.; Schaefer, Barbara A. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2002
This study compared students diagnosed with learning disabilities (n=2,053) and students without learning disabilities (n=2,200) on the Learning Disability Index (LDI). Subsamples of specific reading and math disabilities permitted further assessment. Analysis indicated the LDI resulted in a correct diagnostic decision only 55 to 64 percent of the…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Diagnostic Tests, Disability Identification, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedVance, Lisa Kelly; And Others – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1988
The study examined the ability of intellectual, achievement, and behavioral data to predict placement of 95 learning disabled students (ages 7 to 15) into a special program. Only 27-33 percent of the variance was accounted for by the battery of assessment instruments in student placement decisions. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Disabilities, Predictive Validity
