Essentials of cross-battery assessment

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).