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Autor:
Larry D. Evans
Publikováno v:
New Horizons in Adult Education and Human Resource Development. 19:24-40
The validity of an audiocassette accommodation for the Test of Adult Basic Education was assessed with 500 adult education students. Students completed Survey Edition Forms 7 and 8 with and without the audiocassette. Equivalence coefficients range fr
Autor:
Larry D. Evans
Publikováno v:
Psychology in the Schools. 41:527-535
Foster care's impact on academic development was investigated for 392 students reentering foster care. Psychoeducational evaluation was performed at initial and return placements. Average achievement increased .22 points between placements. Students
Autor:
Larry D. Evans
Publikováno v:
Psychology in the Schools. 38:381-390
Children are increasingly entering foster care due to primary or secondary neglect in the home environment. They provide a unique opportunity to examine the relationship between learning and extrascholastic environments. Achievement and intelligence
Autor:
Larry D. Evans
Publikováno v:
Learning Disability Quarterly. 19:242-249
Regression discrepancy-model equations fail to account for the common practice of obtaining more than one achievement score for a discrepancy area (e.g., reading comprehension). This article presents the equations required to calculate composite achi
Autor:
Larry D. Evans
Publikováno v:
Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, & Computers. 28:209-213
It is often desirable for mental health practitioners to combine standard scores from different tests, raters, or times into a single composite standard score. Most often the result is a more reliable and accurate standard score. This paper describes
Publikováno v:
Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, & Computers. 27:162-165
Student’s ability to read computer text was investigated by comparing reading performance on decoding and phonetics tests of the Woodcock-Johnson (Revised) Tests of Achievement, Forms A and B. Fifty-one students completed one form of the reading te
Autor:
Larry D. Evans
Publikováno v:
Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, & Computers. 25:199-202
As states increasingly adopt actuarial models to aid learning disability (LD) identification, microcomputer programs are being used to accurately measure the primary LD criterion: severe discrepancies between IQ and achievement. First-generation prog
Autor:
Robert J. Devers, Larry D. Evans
Publikováno v:
Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment. 11:20-28
This study investigated the differences between exclusive use of age-based and grade-based achievement scores on mean achievement, IQ-achievement discrepancies, and severe discrepancy rates for retained and nonretained students. The sample included 2
Autor:
Patrick H. Casey, Larry D. Evans
Publikováno v:
Pediatrics in Review. 14:4-10
Pediatricians historically have played a role in determining whether a child is prepared for school entry by performing preschool physical examinations. Recent trends, including a tendency among some middle-class families and school districts to dela
Autor:
Larry D. Evans
Publikováno v:
Journal of School Psychology. 30:383-393
In 1986 Montana adopted a computer-based regression discrepancy model as a best practice for learning disability identification. State school psychologists were surveyed to investigate the model's implementation and differences between routine users