Who Becomes an “At-Risk” Student? The Predictive Value of a Kindergarten Screening Battery

Exceptional Children

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 1993, Pages 348-358

  Roth, Mary Ann ^a   McCaul, Edward ^b   Barnes, Karoldene ^a  

^a Maine School Administrative ^*

^b National Association of State Directors of Special Education ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RISK FACTOR;

CHILD; EDUCATION, SPECIAL; ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDERS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0027546785     PISSN: 00144029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001440299305900407     Document Type: Article

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