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ERIC Number: EJ308326
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1984
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A Cost Analysis Approach to Optimizing Test Selection.
Wendler, Cathy L. W.; Roid, Gale H.
Journal of Learning Disabilities, v17 n7 p400-05 Aug-Sep 1984
The problem of choosing educational and psychological tests to identify students with learning disabilities is discussed within a cost-efficiency framework. An efficiency index for estimating the classification accuracy of tests is presented and the use of expert judgment and the cost-effectiveness ratio is demonstrated with a numerical example. (CL)
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Disability Identification, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Disabilities, Models, Student Evaluation, Test Selection
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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