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Screening for Learning Disabilities with Teacher Rating ScalesKjell Å. Salvesen is a research scientist in the Department of Community Medicine and Family Practice, University of Trondheim, Norway. He works in the fields of epidemiology and obstetrical ultrasonography. He received his medical degree from the University of Trondheim.
Johan O. Undheim is professor of psychology in the Department of Psychology, AVH, University of Trondheim, Norway. He works in both cognitive psychology and psychometry. His research interests focus on human intellectual abilities and on multivariate analysis of individual differences. Professor Undheim is currently head of the department. Address: Kjell $AR. Salvesen, Department of Community Medicine and Family Practice, University Medical Center, N-7005 Trondheim, Norway. The purpose of the study was to investigate the use of teacher assessments in screening for learning disabilities. In a longitudinal study, 603 children were rated by their teachers in the second grade (age 8 to 9 years), and the ratings were correlated with examinations of reading, spelling, and intelligence in the third grade. The third-grade tests for reading, spelling, and intelligence classified children into groups with low achievement and dyslexia, and these two groups were compared with normally achieving children. The accuracy of teacher assessments, measured with correlation analysis, ROC curves, and kappa indices, showed that teachers were quite accurate in their judgment of low achievement, but somewhat less efficient in their judgment of specific reading difficulties.
Journal of Learning Disabilities, Vol. 27, No. 1,
60-66 (1994) This article has been cited by other articles:
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