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Achievement Test Desk Reference A Guide to Learning Disability Identification

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ISBN-10: 047178401X

ISBN-13: 9780471784012

Edition: 2nd 2006 (Revised)

Authors: Dawn P. Flanagan, Samuel O. Ortiz, Vincent C. Alfonso, Jennifer T. Mascolo

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The Achievement Test Desk Reference is the first book to link the practice of academic and learning disability assessment within the context of a broad-based psychoeducational evaluation process that is grounded in the widely accepted and well-validated CHC theory. The completely revised Second Edition includes detailed, up-to-date descriptions and critical reviews of more than 50 published achievement tests and features a comprehensive, innovative framework for evaluating learning disabilities.
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Book details

List price: $115.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 6/30/2006
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 512
Size: 8.70" wide x 11.10" long x 1.30" tall
Weight: 3.080
Language: English

Dawn P. Flanagan, PhD, is Professor of Psychology at St. John’s University in New York. She writes and conducts research on such topics as the structure of intelligence, psychoeducational assessment, learning disabilities evaluation and diagnosis, and professional issues in school psychology. Dr. Flanagan’s articles and chapters on these topics appear in school and clinical psychology journals and books. She is senior author of The Wechsler Intelligence Scales and Gf-Gc Theory: A Contemporary Approach to Interpretation , Essentials of Cross-Battery Assessment , The Achievement Test Desk Reference (ATDR): Comprehensive Assessment of Learning Disabilities , Diagnosing Learning…    

Preface
Acknowledgments
Evaluation and Identification of Learning Disability Following Idea 2004-Current Theory, Research, Assessment Methods, and Interpretive Techniques
Academic Achievement and Learning Disabilities
Academic Achievement and the Cattell-Horn-Carroll (CHC) Theory
A Modern Operational Definition of Learning Disability
Assessment of Academic Achievement Using Cross-Battery Methods
Integration and Interpretation of Academic and Cognitive Ability Data
Description and Review of the Psychometric, Theoretical, and Qualitative Features of Achievement Tests Published Between 1996 and 2006
Introduction to the Achievement Test Desk Reference
Comprehensive Tests of Academic Achievement
Brief/Screening Tests of Academic Achievement
Reading Tests
Math Tests
Written Language Tests
Oral Language Tests
Phonological Processing Tests
A Comprehensive Step-By-Step Explanation of Evaluation of Suspected LD Following Idea 2004
Comprehensive Framework for LD Determination: A Case Study
Case Report
Appendices
CHC Cross-Battery Worksheets
Percentile Rank and Standard Score Conversion Table
Test Reviews and Validity Evidence Reported in the Literature
Level I-A of LD Operational Definition: Summary Table and Graph for Academic Achievement Test Results
Level II-A of LD Operational Definition: Summary Table and Graph for Cognitive Ability Test Results
Level III of LD Operational Definition: Summary Table and Graph for All Standardized Test Results
Level I-A of LD Operational Definition: Summary Table and Graph for IDEA 2004 Achievement Clusters
Variations in Task Characteristics of Basic Reading Skill/Reading Fluency Skills Tests
Variations in Task Characteristics of Reading Comprehension Tests
Variations in Task Characteristics of Written Expression Tests
Variations in Task Characteristics of Math Calculation Tests
Variations in Task Characteristics of Math Problem Solving Tests
Variations in Task Characteristics of Listening Comprehension Tests
Variations in Task Characteristics of Oral Expression Tests
Learning Disability Resources
References
Author Index
Subject Index