Kindergarten screenings in New York state: Tests, purposes, and recommendations
作者:
Deborah C. May,
Deborah K. Kundert,
期刊:
Psychology in the Schools
(WILEY Available online 1992)
卷期:
Volume 29,
issue 1
页码: 35-41
ISSN:0033-3085
年代: 1992
DOI:10.1002/1520-6807(199201)29:1<35::AID-PITS2310290108>3.0.CO;2-6
出版商: Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company
数据来源: WILEY
摘要:
AbstractThree hundred and fifty‐nine school districts in New York State were surveyed about tests that they used in kindergarten screenings, the purposes of the screenings, and recommendations made based on the screening results. The 260 respondents (a 72% return) indicated tremendous variability in response to all three questions. Thirty‐ four different tests were used in the screenings. The main purposes of the screenings were to identify handicapped and gifted students, group students in kindergarten classes, make school readiness placements, and plan and individualize instruction. Recommendations based on the screening results included referrals for further evaluation and multiple levels of placement decisions. Based on these results, it seems that tests are being used for purposes for which they were not designed. The need to avoid making placement recommendations based on the results of a screening test, as is often done with extra‐year school readiness programs, is empha
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