Large State-Level Fluctuations in Mental Retardation Classifications Related to Introduction of Renormed Intelligence Test

Autor/in	Scullin, Matthew H.
Titel	Large State-Level Fluctuations in Mental Retardation Classifications Related to Introduction of Renormed Intelligence Test
Quelle	In: American Journal on Mental Retardation, 111 (2006) 5, S.322-335 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0895-8017
DOI	10.1352/0895-8017(2006)111[322:LSFIMR]2.0.CO;2
Schlagwörter	Intelligence; Mental Retardation; Intelligence Tests; Test Norms; Classification; Educational Policy; Student Placement; Minority Groups; Special Education; Longitudinal Studies; Court Litigation; Crime; Adults + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Intelligenz; Klugheit; Geistige Behinderung; Intelligence test; Intelligenztest; Testnorm; Classification system; Klassifikation; Klassifikationssystem; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Schülerpraktikum; Ethnische Minderheit; Special needs education; Sonderpädagogik; Sonderschulwesen; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Rechtsstreit; Crimes; Delict; Delicts; Delikt
Abstract	Oppositely valenced forces may be at work to influence rates of placement of children into mental retardation programs. On one hand, educational policies regarding intellectual disability and concerns about overrepresentation of minorities in special education may contribute to lower placement rates; on the other hand, more difficult intelligence test norms may be a countervailing force, increasing placement rates. An analysis of longitudinal data on state and national level placement rates reveals that a lengthy and steep 12-year decline in students receiving mental retardation services reversed shortly after the introduction of the WISC-III in 1991. This phenomenon has relevance for death-penalty cases, because this historical pattern may affect the ability to establish whether an adult meets the developmental period onset criterion for mental retardation. (Author).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10