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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
Examiner Errors on the Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children: A Preliminary Investigation.
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Hunnicutt, Larry C., Jr.; And Others – Journal of School Psychology, 1990
Investigated examiner errors on 46 protocols completed by certified and/or licensed clinical and school psychologists. Findings showed that nearly 83 percent of the protocols contained at least one error, about one-half containing errors that resulted in an incorrect Mental Processing Composite Global score and/or Achievement Global score.…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Examiners, Psychometrics, School Psychologists
A Critical Review of the Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children (K-ABC).
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Bracken, Bruce A. – School Psychology Review, 1985
Discrepancies between the K-ABC and its theoretical base of simultaneous and sequential mental processing; technical and design problems related to disproportionate subtest contributions of the Simultaneous Scale to the Mental Processing Composite; the method of subtest-specific variance computation and use in interpretation; and utility with…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Elementary Education, Individual Testing, Intelligence Tests
The Reliability of the Spatial Memory Subtest on the K-ABC.
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Harrington, Robert G.; And Others – Psychology in the Schools, 1985
Evaluated interscorer reliability of the Spatial Memory subtest, which appears on the Simultaneous Processing scale of the Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children. Responses from 19 gifted children were scored by two independent examiners. Results showed this subtest may be prone to scoring errors because no permanent record of responses exists.…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Gifted, Interrater Reliability, Preadolescents
The Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children: An Information-Processing Analysis and Critique.
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Sternberg, Robert J. – Journal of Special Education, 1984
Positive and negative features of the Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children are examined from an information processing perspective. The author suggests that the test should not be used in place of the Stanford-Binet or the Wechsler Intelligence Scale-Revised. (CL)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Elementary Secondary Education, Intelligence Tests, Test Use
Test Review: Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children (K-ABC).
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Narrett, Carla M; And Others – Reading Teacher, 1984
Reviews the Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children, an individually administered test of intelligence and achievement. Finds it to be of high overall quality. (FL)
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Intelligence Tests, Test Reliability, Test Reviews
The Performance of Normal French-Canadian Preschool Children on DIAL-R and the K-ABC.
Mardell-Czudnowski, Carol; And Others – Canadian Journal for Exceptional Children, 1987
Thirty French-speaking Quebec preschoolers were administered translated versions of the Developmental Indicators for the Assessment of Learning-Revised (DIAL-R) and the Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children (K-ABC). Discussion focuses on aspects of translation and content requiring further modification, and on issues regarding use of translated…
Descriptors: Diagnostic Tests, Educational Diagnosis, Foreign Countries, Preschool Children
Measuring Computer Learning.
Marshall, Gail – Executive Educator, 1993
Computer activities can help children learn fundamental principles and collect information for use in problem solving. Because standardized tests do not accurately measure students' problem-solving skills and teacher-made tests are often unreliable, educators should peruse the "Mental Measurements Yearbook" series for more appropriate…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Computer Assisted Instruction, Elementary Secondary Education, Experiential Learning
Sex Differences in Special Education Placement: Are IQ Tests Sex Biased?
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Stone, Brian J.; Jeffrey, Sharon L. – 1991
The Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised (WISC-R) and Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children (K-ABC) were used to predict achievement (measured by the Stanford Achievement Test) for 200 students with mild handicaps, in grades K through 6 in a rural western school district. Males scored significantly higher than females for every…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Females