The purpose of the proposed study is to add to the literature regarding the assessment of effort and malingering in the field of neuropsychology using the Rey Complex Figure Test (RCFT). The majority of the literature on this measure has been in the specific areas for which the instrument was developed, namely those of visual spatial and…

The purpose of this study was to examine the characteristics of reading test items that may differentially impede the performance of students with disabilities. The findings suggest that there are certain revisions that can be done on current assessments to make them more accessible for students with disabilities. Features such as words per page,…

This paper describes a study in which a Picture Readability Index (PRI) was used to investigate initial and extended perceptions of photographs. Readability criteria for evaluating instructional text seems to have been in place for a long time, yet instructional visuals like photographs and illustrations have typically been subject to no such…