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Download full textFleisher, Samuel; Tannenbaum, Gloria P. – 1989
The paper looks at purposes of educational assessment of children with learning disabilities, assessment of the whole child, the plan for an assessment battery, the nuances of carrying out the assessment, and communication of the results to maximize appropriate follow up. Assessment purposes identified include screening, determining eligibility,…
Descriptors: Educational Planning, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Learning Disabilities
Davis, W. Alan; Shepard, Lorrie A. – 1982
The purposes of this study were to determine (1) which tests are most frequently used in the identification of learning disabilities, (2) how knowledgeable specialists are about the technical properties of the tests, and (3) what practices are used to safeguard valid diagnoses when psychometrically inadequate tests are used clinically. A two stage…
Descriptors: Diagnostic Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Handicap Identification, Learning Disabilities
