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The Validity of the WJ-R, PIAT-R, and DAB-2 Reading Subtests with Students with Learning Disabilities.
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Daub, Deborah; Colarusso, Ronald P. – Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 1996
Comparison of scores of 35 third- and fourth-grade students with learning disabilities on 3 major achievement tests found high positive correlations among the reading subtests. Agreement across all 3 tests for learning disability eligibility in the basic reading skills area was found in 20 of 35 cases and 9 of 35 cases in reading comprehension.…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Concurrent Validity, Disability Identification, Educational Diagnosis
McCarthy Scales, McCarthy Screening Test, and Kaufman's McCarthy Short Form Correlations with the Peabody Individual Achievement Test.
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Naglieri, Jack A.; Harrison, Patti L. – Psychology in the Schools, 1982
Examined the relationships between the McCarthy Scales General Cognitive Index, the McCarthy Screening Test, Kaufman's McCarthy short form, and the Peabody Individual Achievement Test using a sample of elementary students. Found the Estimated General Cognitive Index by Kaufman's short form was virtually identical to the McCarthy Scales Index.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Measurement, Comparative Testing, Correlation
Achievement Test Score Differences for Students with Specific Learning Disabilities: A Replication.
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Slate, John R. – B.C. Journal of Special Education, 1997
Differences between and interrelationships among reading and math achievement test scores for 269 students with learning disabilities were investigated to determine whether previous findings were replicable. Findings supported previous research that showed different achievement tests purporting to measure the same construct did not provide…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Clinical Diagnosis, Disability Identification, Elementary Secondary Education
The Use of the Peabody Individual Achievement Test and the Woodcock Reading Mastery Tests in the Diagnosis of a Learning Disability in Reading: A Caveat.
Caskey, William E., Jr. – Diagnostique, 1985
Using a counterbalanced order, 34 learning disabled students were given the Peabody Individual Achievement Test and the Woodcock Reading Mastery Tests. When scores in reading recognition and comprehension subtests were compared, Peabody scores were higher, indicating that fewer students were certifiable as learning disabled by Peabody scores than…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Disability Identification, Educational Diagnosis, Elementary Education
Peabody Individual Achievement Test-Revised/Normative Update.
Bartels, Don R. – Diagnostique, 1999
This article describes the Peabody Individual Achievement Test-Revised-Normative Update, an individually administered school achievement measure for students from kindergarten through grade twelve. The test assesses students' knowledge of general information, reading recognition, reading comprehension, mathematics, spelling, and written…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Child Development, Disabilities, Disability Identification