Practitioner's Guide to Assessing Intelligence and Achievement

by Jack A. Naglieri (PhD, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA); Sam Goldstein (PhD, University of Utah, Salt Lake City and Private Practice, Salt Lake City, UT)

• ISBN13: 9780470488157
• ISBN10: 0470488158
• Format: eBook
• Copyright: 2009-07-01
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

A complete guide to key intelligence and achievement tests and their effective useT he tools used in the assessment process have changed dramatically in recent years. School and clinical psychologists need a comprehensive yet focused resource to which they can turn to learn the basics of key intelligence and achievement tests and how to use them in their assessments of children and adults. With its practical and straightforward presentation, Practitioner's Guide to Assessing Intelligence and Achievement provides that resource.Coedited by two well-known and respected scholars and researchers, Jack Naglieri and Sam Goldstein, the content in this timely book combines traditional and new conceptualizations of intelligence as well as ways to measure achievement. Truly readable and user-friendly, this book provides professionals with a single source from which to examine ability and achievement tests along the same general criteria.Each chapter is written by a leading scholar and test developer and is consistently structured for easy comparison of each test that is examined. Coverage includes:The theory underlying each testDescription of each testTips for administering and scoring each testStandardization, norms, and reliability of each scalePractical guidance for the use of each testCorrespondence of each test to IDEAA practical tool designed to aid clinical psychologists in understanding the strengths and weaknesses of the various tests presented, Practitioner's Guide to Assessing Intelligence and Achievement provides students and practitioners with the information they need for their practice and testing efforts to be consistent with recent updates in the field and how those assessment instruments relate to changes in the laws that influence test use.

Table of Contents

Preface

Foreword

Introduction

Understanding the Strengths and Weaknesses of Intelligence and Achievement Tests

Current Issues in the Assessment of Intelligence, Specific Learning Disability, and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Intelligence Tests Measuring Diverse Abilities

The Cognitive Assessment System

The Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children - Second Edition

Development and Application of the Reynolds Intellectual Assessment Scales (RIAS)

Assessment of Intellectual Strengths and Weaknesses with the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scales-Fifth Edition (SB5)

The Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Fourth Edition

Wodcock-Johnson III Tests of Cognitive Abilities

Non-Verbal Intelligence Tests

Comprehensive Test of Nonverbal Intelligence-Second Edition

Nonverbal Intellectual and Cognitive Assessment with the Leiter International Performance Scale-Revised

Universal Nonverbal Intelligence Test (UNIT)

Wechsler Nonverbal Scale of Ability (WNV)

Achievement Tests

The Basic Achievement Skills Inventory (BASI)

Using the Comprehensive Test of Phonological Processing (CTOPP) to Assess Reading-Related Phonological Processes

Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills (DIBELS): General Outcomes Measurement for Prevention and Remediation of Early Reading Problems

The Grays Oral Reading Test (Fourth Edition)-GORT-4

Kaufman Test of Educational Achievement -Second Edition

Wechsler Individual Achievement Test-Second Edition

Woodcock-Johnson III Tests of Achievement

Achievement Assessment and Progress-Monitoring with the Wide Range Achievement Test-Fourth Edition

Author Index

Subject Index.

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