ERIC Number: EJ803249
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2007
Pages: 9
Abstractor: ERIC
Reference Count: 11
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0734-2829
Test Review: Swerdlik, M. E., Swerdlik, P., Kahn, J. H., & Thomas, T. (2003). "Psychological Processing Checklist." North Tonawanda, NY: Multi-Health Systems
Sullivan, Jeremy R.
Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, v25 n2 p190-198 2007
The Psychological Processing Checklist (PPC) is a teacher-completed rating scale published by Multi-Health Systems in North Tonawanda, New York. The checklist was published in 2003 along with a technical manual (Swerdlik, Swerdlik, & Kahn, 2003). The 35-item PPC purports to measure difficulties with psychological processing among children in kindergarten through fifth grade. More specifically, the scale represents the authors' attempt to provide a norm-referenced measure of behaviors associated with psychological processing deficits that is consistent with the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Amendments of 1997 definition of a learning disability. The PPC provides scores that are based on the teacher's observations of the student's processing abilities. The PPC can be completed by the student's general education teacher, special education teacher, and other qualified professionals (e.g., reading specialist, speech-language pathologist, educational diagnostician) who spend time with the student on a regular basis. This article presents a general description of PPC, its technical adequacy, and its overall limitations.
Descriptors: Test Reviews, Check Lists, Rating Scales, Teachers, Observation, Teacher Surveys, Psychological Characteristics, Children, Learning Disabilities, Test Reliability, Test Validity, Kindergarten, Elementary School Students
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Elementary Education; Grade 1; Grade 2; Grade 3; Grade 4; Grade 5; Kindergarten
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