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Critical Issues in Specific Learning Disability Identification: What We Need to Know about the PSW Model
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McGill, Ryan J.; Styck, Kara M.; Palomares, Ronald S.; Hass, Michael R. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2016
As a result of the upcoming Federal reauthorization of the Individuals With Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEA), practitioners and researchers have begun vigorously debating what constitutes evidence-based assessment for the identification of specific learning disability (SLD). This debate has resulted in strong support for a method that…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Disability Identification, Disabilities, Federal Legislation
WAIS-R Stability for College Students with Learning Disabilities.
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Slate, John R.; And Others – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1991
Investigation of the stability of Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale Revised scores of 25 college students over a 4-year period found that global and subtest scores were highly stable. Subtest scores tended to be higher on the retest, but global scores were not despite four years of educational experiences between test administrations. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: College Students, Higher Education, Intelligence Tests, Learning Disabilities
Reliability of Standardized Assessment Instruments When Used with Learning Disabled Children.
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Smith, Monte D.; Rogers, Carl M. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1978
The reliabilities of several commonly used instruments of intellectual, academic, and affective assessment were tested with learning disabled children between the ages of 6 and 12 years. Journal availability: see EC 112 927. (DLS)
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Affective Measures, Elementary Education, Exceptional Child Research
The Hierarchical Factor Structure of the WISC-R for Learning Disabled Children.
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Blaha, John; Vance, Hubert – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1979
Among the findings was that the factor structure of learning disabled children on the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised was somewhat more fractionated and complex than for normals, but not as complex as for reading disabled children. (Author/DLS)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Exceptional Child Research, Factor Analysis, Factor Structure