title: Assessment of measures to detect preschool academic risk in very-low-birth-weight children.
abstract: The ability of three preschool risk detection tools to accurately identify apparently healthy very-low-birth-weight children (VLBW < 1500 g) who would subsequently experience school failure was studied. The sample of 35 children included 20 girls and 15 boys, 15 African-American children and 20 white children, who were 4 years old when assessed. The tool based on the information processing model had a significantly higher degree of specificity than the readiness or development based tools. None of the tools were sensitive enough to identify more than two thirds of the children who subsequently experienced school failure in grades K through 2.
authors.affiliation: Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA.
authors.forename: B D
authors.initials: BD
authors.lastname: Schraeder
mesh_terms: D002657:Child Development; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002658:Developmental Disabilities / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000451:nursing; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007230:Infant, Low Birth Weight; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008016:Life Change Events; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D008606:Mental Processes; D009722:Nurse Practitioners; D009730:Nursing Assessment / Q000592:standards*; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D010371:Pediatric Nursing / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011379:Prognosis; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity