title: The development and preliminary evaluation of a screening test to detect school learning problems.
abstract: The Einstein Assessment of School-Related Skills was developed to aid pediatricians and other professionals in the identification of children who are at risk for, or are exhibiting, school learning difficulties. This brief (7-10 minutes) screening instrument measures reading, arithmetic, auditory memory, language cognition, and visual-motor abilities of children in grades K-5. The Einstein Assessment was standardized on 1665 nonhandicapped and 116 learning-disabled children in grades K-5. The median percent of nonhandicapped children in grades 2-5 passing was 78% in the fall and 74% in the spring, compared with 18% and 14% of the learning-disabled children (numbers of diagnosed learning-disabled children in grades K-1 were too small for analysis). The median test-retest reliability coefficient was 0.94. These data provide preliminary support for the Einstein as a screening test for school learning difficulty.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461.
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Gottesman
authors.forename: F M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Cerullo
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007361:Intelligence Tests / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D007859:Learning Disabilities / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests