TY - JOUR
T1 - Selecting and validating tasks from a kindergarten screening battery that best predict third grade educational placement
AU - Scott, Marcia Strong
AU - Delgado, Christine F.
AU - Tu, Shihfen
AU - Fletcher, Kathryn L.
PY - 2005/12
Y1 - 2005/12
N2 - In this study, predictive classification accuracy was used to select those tasks from a kindergarten screening battery that best identified children who, three yean later, were classified as educable mentally handicapped or as having a specific learning disability. A subset of measures enabled correct classification of 91 % of the children in those special education categories and 85 % of the children in regular education. Although there was a high percentage of false positives, 57% of these children were actually poor achievers in third grade. Lower screening scores were associated with being tested in Spanish or both English and Spanish, minority status and low SES.
AB - In this study, predictive classification accuracy was used to select those tasks from a kindergarten screening battery that best identified children who, three yean later, were classified as educable mentally handicapped or as having a specific learning disability. A subset of measures enabled correct classification of 91 % of the children in those special education categories and 85 % of the children in regular education. Although there was a high percentage of false positives, 57% of these children were actually poor achievers in third grade. Lower screening scores were associated with being tested in Spanish or both English and Spanish, minority status and low SES.
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M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:31044437716
VL - 40
SP - 377
EP - 389
JO - Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities
JF - Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities
SN - 2154-1647
IS - 4
ER -