Quality of education predicts performance on the wide range achievement test-4th edition word reading subtest

Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 731-736

  Sayegh, Philip ^a,b   Arentoft, Alyssa ^a,b   Thaler, Nicholas S ^a,b   Dean, Andy C ^a   Thames, April D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic achievement; High schools; Literacy; Multiple regression; Neurocognition; Test validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE TEST; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; READING; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARDS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; READING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84937731426     PISSN: 08876177     EISSN: 18735843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/arclin/acu059     Document Type: Article

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