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Cristan Farmer; Audrey Thurm; Tanvi Das; E. Martina Bebin; Jonathan A. Bernstein; Elizabeth Berry-Kravis; Joseph D. Buxbaum; Charis Eng; Thomas Frazier; Antonio Y. Hardan; Alexander Kolevzon; Darcy A. Krueger; Julian A. Martinez-Agosto; Hope Northrup; Craig M. Powell; Latha Valluripalli Soorya; Joyce Y. Wu; Mustafa Sahin – American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2025
Developmental domains, such as cognitive, language, and motor, are key concepts of interest in longitudinal studies of intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). Normative scores (e.g., IQ) are often used to operationalize performance on standardized tests of these concepts, but it is the interval-distributed person-ability scores that are…
Descriptors: Cognitive Tests, Intelligence Tests, Cognitive Ability, Intellectual Disability
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R. Lanai Jennings; Megan Midkiff; Emily Nestor McCauley; Jeremy Lopuch; Sandra Stroebel; Rachel James; Mary Toler; Rebecca Wendell; Paula King; Mallory Frampton – Contemporary School Psychology, 2024
Reading comprehension is one of the most valuable academic skills taught in school. Selecting the appropriate assessment instrument to ensure early identification and intervention is important as there is an amalgam of cognitive abilities and academic skills involved in reading comprehension. The GORT-5 is the most recent edition of a test that…
Descriptors: Test Validity, Diagnostic Tests, Reading Comprehension, Early Intervention
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McCormick, Colin R. – Applied Cognitive Psychology, 2022
In 2002, Fan and his colleagues developed the Attention Network Test (ANT), a cognitive tool that provides a score for each of the attentional networks (alerting, orienting, and executive functioning). Since publication, this study has been cited over 3,500 times. The authors state one of the indicated uses of this tool is to measure how different…
Descriptors: Life Style, Tests, Scores, Executive Function
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Dori, Galit A.; Chelune, Gordon J. – Psychological Assessment, 2004
The Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale--Third Edition (WAIS-III; D. Wechsler, 1997a) and the Wechsler Memory Scale--Third Edition (WMS-III; D. Wechsler, 1997b) are 2 of the most frequently used measures in psychology and neuropsychology. To facilitate the diagnostic use of these measures in the clinical decision-making process, this article…
Descriptors: Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Ability, Neuropsychology, Memory
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Rescorla, Leslie; Rosenthal, Adena S. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2004
Growth in Test of Cognitive Skills (TCS) scores and Comprehensive Tests of Basic Skills (CTBS) reading, math, and total achievement scores from 3rd to 10th grade was studied in 328 public school students in a middle-class suburban community. Surprisingly, groups differing in ability and achievement in 3rd grade made parallel progress over time,…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Cognitive Ability, Standardized Tests, Achievement Tests
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Woodcock, Richard W. – School Psychology Review, 1984
Specific aptitude clusters from the Woodcock-Johnson Psycho-Educational Battery (WJPEB) are examined to determine their effectiveness in evaluating aptitude-achievement discrepancies. Advantages of the Scholastic Aptitude clusters over the Broad Cognitive Ability clusters are outlined. Major types of discrepancies, rationale, and research on the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aptitude, Cluster Grouping, Cognitive Ability
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Ofiesh, Nicole S.; McAfee, James K. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2000
This study examined the use of psychoeducational evaluations by surveying 91 service providers to college students with learning disabilities. Findings indicated that data from psychoeducational evaluations serve as the primary basis for both eligibility and specific accommodation determinations. Respondents reported the most useful information…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, College Students, Eligibility, Higher Education
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Campbell, Chari A.; Ashmore, Robert J. – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 1995
Critiques the 1990 revision of the Slosson Intelligence Test. The SIT-R is an untimed, individually administered screening instrument that assesses the mental ability of children and adults. Many of the problems with the original version have been addressed in the revised version, but with varying success. (LKS)
Descriptors: Adults, Children, Cognitive Ability, Intelligence Tests
Bailey, Nancy; And Others – 1994
A study was designed in which a battery of 11 selected instruments was given to 320 professional students (four classes) at the University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine to measure a variety of parameters of brain function and cognitive ability. Results were to be used to develop ability or competency profiles, to compare scores, to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Aptitude Tests, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Processes