Stanford-Binet, PPVT, and Low-Income Preschoolers : New Pitfalls for Old Tests / Marvin G. Cline.

To reemphasize the dangers inherent in the misuse of testing instruments, a study of language and cognitive development in poverty preschoolers investigated 1) whether the interpretation of Peabody scores could be applied to this population, and 2) the contribution of the linguistic form of the Peab...

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Main Author: Cline, Marvin G.
Corporate Author: Howard University
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1966.
Subjects:
Academic Achievement.
Age Differences.
Anxiety.
Black Students.
Cognitive Development.
Disadvantaged Youth.
Educational Problems.
Language Acquisition.
Language Skills.
Low Income.
Measurement Instruments.
Norm Referenced Tests.
Poverty.
Preschool Children.
Primary Education.
Program Evaluation.
Receptive Language.
Self Concept.
Sex Differences.
Speech Communication.
Testing Problems.
Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test
Stanford Binet Intelligence Scale
Physical Description:16 pages
Format: Microfilm Book
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Summary:
To reemphasize the dangers inherent in the misuse of testing instruments, a study of language and cognitive development in poverty preschoolers investigated 1) whether the interpretation of Peabody scores could be applied to this population, and 2) the contribution of the linguistic form of the Peabody to performance. (MS)
Note:ERIC Note: Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, New York, New York, April 1966.
Microform.
Call Number:ED059274 Microfiche
Reproduction Note:
Microfiche. [Washington D.C.]: ERIC Clearinghouse microfiches : positive.