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Interpretation of academic strengths and weaknesses on the peabody individual achievement test
Author(s) -
Naglieri Jack A.,
Kamphaus Randy W.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
psychology in the schools
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.738
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 1520-6807
pISSN - 0033-3085
DOI - 10.1002/1520-6807(198110)18:4<417::aid-pits2310180407>3.0.co;2-v
Subject(s) - strengths and weaknesses , spelling , psychology , academic achievement , achievement test , reading comprehension , mathematics education , pairwise comparison , test (biology) , standardized test , reading (process) , developmental psychology , social psychology , linguistics , philosophy , paleontology , biology
The Peabody Individual Achievement Test yields scores in Mathematics, Reading Recognition, Reading Comprehension, Spelling, and General Information. In order to determine academic strengths and weaknesses, the test Manual suggests a pairwise comparison system to determine when one academic area is significantly different from another. The aim of the present study was to develop a more efficient system of determining academic strengths and weaknesses relative to a child's average performance on the entire test than the pairwise technique advocated by the authors.