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A Meta-Analysis of the Validity of Wechsler Scale Profiles and Recategorizations: Patterns or Parodies?
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Kavale, Kenneth A.; Forness, Steven R. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1984
Meta-analysis was used to arrive at a quantitative synthesis of the results of 94 studies of the validity of Wechsler regroupings for differential diagnosis of learning disabilities. The primary findings indicated that no recategorization, profile, factor cluster, or pattern showed a significant difference between learning disabled and normal…
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Disability Identification, Learning Disabilities, Profiles
Learning Disability Discrepancy Formulas: Their Use in Actual Practice.
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Forness, Steven R.; And Others – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1983
Eight commonly used discrepancy formulas were applied to the IQ and achievement scores of a sample of 92 potentially learning disabled children, 7 to 12 years old. The formulas yielded strikingly disparate results in terms of the number of children identified as learning disabled by each. (SW)
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Disability Identification, Elementary Education