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1University of Southern Mississippi.
Psychological Reports
|October 1, 1990
Abstract:
The Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children--Achievement Scale and Basic Achievement Skills Individual Screener were administered to 40 students previously identified as learning disabled. Pearson coefficients between the sets of scores on various subtests ranged from .03 to .70.
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