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APPENDIX B: SUMMARY OF SCALES AND TOOLS USED IN RESEARCH STUDIES

Scale or Tool Studies Used In Culturally Appropriate Curricula and Practices Language and Literacy Acquisition Teacher Training and Professional Development Parent Involvement Assessment Tools and Practices Health and Physical Well - Being Mental Health
ABC Screening Inventory Sears and Medearis, 1992;Sears and Medearis, 1993    
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Adaptive Behavior Inventory for Children Kazimour and Reschly, 1981        
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Assessment of Classroom Learning Environment Schultz and Bravi, 1986    
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California Achievement Test Reyhner, 1990; Watahomigie and Yamamoto, 1987  
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California Social Competence Scale Clay, 1998
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Child Behavior Checklist Beiser, Dion, and Gotowiec, 2000; Chester, Mahalish, and Davis, 1999; Dion, Gotowiec, and Beiser, 1998; Oesterheld and Haber, 1997        
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Child’s Assessment by a Parent Checklist* Beiser, Dion, and Gotowiec, 2000; Dion, Gotowiec, and Beiser, 1998            
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Childrearing Practices Questionnaire Bachtold, 1982      
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Circus Quantitative Concept Test Guilmet, 1983  
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Circus Receptive Vocabulary Test Guilmet, 1983  
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Clay’s Reading Strategies Fayden, 1997  
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Cognitive Abilities Test Wolfe, Schwartz, and Petersen, 1996  
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Comprehensive Test of Basic Skills Reyhner, 1990; Watahomigie and Yamamoto, 1987  
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Conners Parent Rating Scale Beiser, Dion, and Gotowiec, 2000; Oesterheld and Haber, 1997        
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Curriculum Alignment System: Comprehensive Assessment System Leveque, 1994      
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Denver Developmental Screening Test Brachlow, Jordan, and Tervo, 2001; Mayfield, 1985      
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Developmental Indicators for the Assessment of Learning Spiegel, 1986        
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Diagnostic Achievement Battery for Children Morgan and Whorton, 1991        
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Diagnostic Interview Schedule for Children Beiser, Dion, and Gotowiec, 2000; Dion, Gotowiec, and Beiser, 1998            
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Dichotic Consonant-Vowel Test McKeever, Hunt, Wells, and Yazzie, 1989  
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Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills Prince, Grace, Linebarger, Atkinson, and Huffman, 2002  
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Goldschmid and Bentler’s Conservation Assessment Kit Corenblum, Annis, and Tanaka, 1997    
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Harter and Pike’s Measure of Perceived Competence and Social Acceptance Corenblum, Annis, and Tanaka, 1997    
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Home Observation for Measurement of the Environment Culp and McCarthick, 1997
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Iowa Test of Basic Skills Luellen, 1991; Wynn, 1995
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Kaufman Achievement Battery for Children Mitchell, 1985        
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Measurement and Planning System Developmental Observational Assessment Vekiari, 1999
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Metropolitan Achievement Test Kazimour and Reschly, 1981        
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Orthogonal Model of Cultural Assessment Culp and McCarthick, 1997
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Parent as a Teacher Inventory Strom and Hill, 1979      
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Peabody Developmental Motor Scales Crowe, McClain, and Provost, 1999        
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Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test – Revised Prince, Grace, Linebarger, Atkinson, and Huffman, 2002; Shriberg, Flipsen, Thielke, Kwiatkowski, Katcher, Nellis, and Black, 2000; Spiegel, 1986; Wolfe, Schwartz, and Petersen, 1996  
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Pediatric Development Instrument Long and Christensen, 1998  
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Photo Articulation Test Shriberg, Flipsen, Thielke, Kwiatkowski, Katcher, Nellis, and Black, 2000          
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Preschool Behavior Questionnaire Bruneau, 1984            
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Preschool Language Scale-3 Long, 1998        
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Primary Self-Concept Inventory Bruneau, 1984            
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Sand Test Fayden, 1997  
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Semantic Differential Scales Guilmet, 1979  
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Social Skills Rating System Powless and Elliott, 1993        
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Student’s Observation of Self* Beiser, Dion, and Gotowiec, 2000; Dion, Gotowiec, and Beiser, 1998            
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System of Multicultural Pluralistic Assessment Kazimour and Reschly, 1981        
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Teacher Information Form* Dion, Gotowiec, and Beiser, 1998              
Teacher Interview Form* Beiser, Dion, and Gotowiec, 2000            
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Test of Adult Basic Education Anziano and Terminello, 1993    
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Test of Auditory Comprehension Shriberg, Flipsen, Thielke, Kwiatkowski, Katcher, Nellis, and Black, 2000          
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Test of Early Reading Ability-3 Prince, Grace, Linebarger, Atkinson, and Huffman, 2002  
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Universal Nonverbal Intelligence Test Plank, 2001        
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Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale – Revised Plank, 2001        
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Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children – Revised Browne, 1984; Kazimour and Reschly, 1981; Mishra and Lord, 1982; Mitchell, 1985;Morgan and Whorton, 1991;Plank, 2001; Reschly and Reschly, 1979; Ross-Reynolds and Reschly, 1983        
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Wide Range Achievement Test Mishra and Lord, 1982        
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Woodcock-Johnson Revised Test of Cognitive Ability Plank, 2001        
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Youth Self-Report Chester, Mahalish, and Davis, 1999            
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*Researcher-developed instrument adapted from assessment tools cited in this summary.

 



 

 

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