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A complete guide to key intelligence and achievement tests andtheir effective use The tools used in the assessment process have changeddramatically in recent years. School and clinical psychologistsneed a comprehensive yet focused resource to which they can turn tolearn the basics of key intelligence and achievement tests and howto use them in their assessments of children and adults. With itspractical and straightforward presentation, Practitioner's Guideto Assessing Intelligence and Achievement provides thatresource. Coedited by two well-known and respected scholars andresearchers, Jack Naglieri and Sam Goldstein, the content in thistimely book combines traditional and new conceptualizations ofintelligence as well as ways to measure achievement. Truly readableand user-friendly, this book provides professionals with a singlesource from which to examine ability and achievement tests alongthe same general criteria. Each chapter is written by a leading scholar and test developerand is consistently structured for easy comparison of each testthat is examined. Coverage includes: The theory underlying each test Description of each test Tips for administering and scoring each test Standardization, norms, and reliability of each scale Practical guidance for the use of each test Correspondence of each test to IDEA A practical tool designed to aid clinical psychologists inunderstanding the strengths and weaknesses of the various testspresented, Practitioner's Guide to Assessing Intelligence andAchievement provides students and practitioners with theinformation they need for their practice and testing efforts to beconsistent with recent updates in the field and how thoseassessment instruments relate to changes in the laws that influencetest use.

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Author:   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)
Publisher:   John Wiley & Sons Inc
Imprint:   John Wiley & Sons Inc
Edition:   11th Revised edition
ISBN:  

9780470488157

ISBN 10:   0470488158
Pages:   512
Publication Date:   15 July 2009
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Electronic book text
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface. Foreword. PART I INTRODUCTION. Chapter 1 Understanding the Strengths and Weaknesses ofIntelligence and Achievement Tests (Jack Naglieri, SamGoldstein). Chapter 2 Current Issues in the Assessment of Intelligence,Specific Learning Disability, and Attention Deficit HyperactivityDisorder (Sam Goldstein, Sean Cunningham). PART II INTELLIGENCE TESTS MEASURING DIVERSEABILITIES. Chapter 3 The Cognitive Assessment System (Jack A. Naglieri,Cara Conway). Chapter 4 The Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children -Second Edition (Elizabeth O. Lichtenberger, MarleneSotelo-Dynega, and Alan S. Kaufman). Chapter 5 Development and Application of the ReynoldsIntellectual Assessment Scales (RIAS) (Cecil R. Reynolds, R.W.Kamphaus). Chapter 6 Assessment of Intellectual Strengths and Weaknesseswith the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scales-Fifth Edition(SB5) (Gale H. Roid, Seth M. Tippin). Chapter 7 The Wechsler Intelligence Scale forChildren-Fourth Edition (Louise O'Donnell). Chapter 8 Wodcock-Johnson III Tests of Cognitive Abilities(Barbara J. Wendling, Nancy Mather, and Fredrick A.Schrank). PART III NON-VERBAL INTELLIGENCE TESTS. Chapter 9 Comprehensive Test of NonverbalIntelligence-Second Edition (Donald D. Hammill, Nils A.Pearson). Chapter 10 Nonverbal Intellectual and Cognitive Assessment withthe Leiter International Performance Scale-Revised (Leiter-R)(Gale H. Roid, Mark Pomplun, and Jamie J. Martin). Chapter 11 Universal Nonverbal Intelligence Test (UNIT)(Bruce A. Bracken, R. Steve McCallum). Chapter 12 Wechsler Nonverbal Scale of Ability (WNV) (Jack A.Naglieri, Kimberly Brunnert). PART IV ACHIEVEMENT TESTS. Chapter 13 The Basic Achievement Skills Inventory (BASI)(Achilles N. Bardos, Ph.D., Kathrine M. Koehler-Hak). Chapter 14 Using the Comprehensive Test of PhonologicalProcessing (CTOPP) to Assess Reading-Related Phonological Processes(Richard K. Wagner, Joseph K. Torgesen). Chapter 15 Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills(DIBELS): General Outcomes Measurement for Prevention andRemediation of Early Reading Problems (Kathrine M. Koehler-Hak,Achilles N Bardos). Chapter 16 The Grays Oral Reading Test (FourthEdition)-GORT-4 (Brian R. Bryant, Minyi Shih, and DianePedrotty Bryant). Chapter 17 Kaufman Test of EducationalAchievement -Second Edition (Elizabeth O.Lichtenberger, Marlene Sotelo-Dynega). Chapter 18 Wechsler Individual Achievement Test-SecondEdition (Kurt T. Choate). Chapter 19 Woodcock-Johnson III Tests of Achievement (NancyMather, Barbara J. Wendling). Chapter 20: Achievement Assessment and Progress-Monitoring withthe Wide Range Achievement Test-Fourth Edition (Gale H.Roid, Jon Bos). Author Index. Subject Index.

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Jack A. Naglieri, PHD, is Professor of Psychology at GeorgeMason University. He has authored or coauthored more than 250scholarly papers, chapters, tests, and books including Essentialsof CAS Assessment and Essentials of WNV Assessment, both publishedby Wiley. He is the Senior Editor of the Journal of AttentionDisorders. Sam Goldstein, PHD, is a member of the faculty at the Universityof Utah, maintains a private practice at the Neurology, Learning, and Behavior Center in Salt Lake City, Utah, and is on staff at theUniversity Neuropsychiatric Institute. He has written twenty-sixbooks and is Editor in Chief of the Journal of AttentionDisorders. Jointly Drs. Naglieri and Goldstein are developing several newassessment instruments and books, and are coeditors of theEncyclopedia of Child Behavior and Development.

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