Similarity among common measures of academic achievement: implications for assessing disabled children.
Four commonly used measures of academic achievement were administered in counterbalanced order to 32 elementary and middle school-aged children enrolled in exceptional education programs for the learning disabled. Measures chosen were the Kaufman Test of Educational Achievement, KeyMath-R, Test of Written Spelling 2, and the Gray Oral Reading Test-Revised. Analysis suggested corresponding measures of reading, mathematics, and spelling were highly correlated, although in some instances generated significantly different mean standard scores. Implications for practitioners are discussed.
Breen
M J
MJ
Winneconne Community School System, WI 54986.
Drecktrah
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D000124:Achievement; D002648:Child; D004519:Education, Special; D004521:Educational Measurement; D006801:Humans; D007206:Individuality; D007859:Learning Disabilities / Q000523:psychology*