Essentials of Cross-Battery Assessment

Abstract

Series Preface xiii Acknowledgments xv One Overview 1 Two How to Organize a Cross-Battery Assessment Using Cognitive, Achievement, and Neuropsychological Batteries 45 Three How to Interpret Test Data 121 Four Cross-Battery Assessment for SLD Identification: The Dual Discrepancy/Consistency Pattern of Strengths and Weaknesses in the Context of an Operational Definition 227 Five Cross-Battery Assessment of Individuals From Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Backgrounds 287 Six Strengths and Weaknesses of the Cross-Battery Assessment Approach 351 Seven Cross-Battery Assessment Case Report 365 Appendix A CHC Narrow Ability Definitions and Task Examples 389 Appendix B CHC Broad and Narrow Ability Classification Tables for Tests Published Between 2001 and 2012 399 Appendix C Descriptions of Cognitive, Achievement, and Neuropsychological Subtests by CHC Domain 417 Appendix D Critical Values for Statistical Significance and Base Rate for Composites on Comprehensive Cognitive and Achievement Batteries 425 Appendix E Variation in Task Demands and Task Characteristics of Subtests on Cognitive and Neuropsychological Batteries 431 Marlene Sotelo-Dynega and Tara Cuskley Appendix F Variation in Task Demands and Task Characteristics of Subtests on Achievement Batteries by IDEA Academic Area 439 Jennifer T. Mascolo Appendix G Neuropsychological Domain Classifications 445 Appendix H Understanding and Using the XBA PSW-A v1.0 Software Program Tab by Tab 457 Appendix I Cognitive and Neuropsychological Battery-Specific Culture-Language Matrices 485 Appendix J Cross-Battery Assessment Case Reports 503 Jim Hanson, John Garruto, and Karen Apgar Appendix K Eugene, Oregon, School District Integrated Model for Specific Learning Disability Identification 505 Appendix L Summary of the Expert Consensus Study for Determining CHC Broad and Narrow Ability Classifications for Subtests New to This Edition 517 Appendix M Criteria Used in XBA DMIA v2.0 for Follow-Up on a Two-Subtest Composite 527 Author Index 533 Subject Index 537 About the Authors 553 About the CD 555 The CD-ROM contains the full versions of all Appendices three software programs that analyze data (Cross-Battery Assessment Data Management and Interpretive Assistant, Pattern of Strengths and Weaknesses Analyzer, and Culture-Language Interpretive Matrix) and a form (Evaluation and Consideration of Exclusionary Factors for SLD Identification).