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Titley, Jonathan E.; D'Amato, Rik Carl; Koehler-Hak, Kathrine M. – Contemporary School Psychology, 2014
The identification of children at-risk for reading problems can be costly and time-consuming. Previous research has indicated that teachers are relatively accurate in assessing children's overall reading ability. This study investigated the accuracy of kindergarten and first grade teacher rating scales in predicting children's reading…
Descriptors: Literacy, Student Evaluation, Achievement Rating, At Risk Students
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Pyo, G.; Curtis, K.; Curtis, R.; Markwell, S. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2009
Background: Decline in orientation skill has been reported as an early indicator of Dementia of Alzheimer's Type (DAT). Orientation subtest of the Working Group's Test Battery was examined whether this test is useful to identify DAT patients among adults with moderate to severe ID. Methods: Sixteen DAT patients and 35 non-demented normal controls…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Dementia, Severe Disabilities, Test Validity
Kim, Dong-il – 1998
This paper reports on the findings of a longitudinal study that investigated the trends in reading growth for 49 elementary students with severe reading difficulties. The students received special education services in a large Midwestern city in which curriculum-based measurement (CBM) procedures were implemented fully. The study began when the…
Descriptors: Child Development, Curriculum Based Assessment, Developmental Stages, Disability Identification