Assessing Dyslexia in Higher Education: The "York Adult Assessment Battery-Revised"

Autor/inn/en	Warmington, Meesha; Stothard, Susan E.; Snowling, Margaret J.
Titel	Assessing Dyslexia in Higher Education: The "York Adult Assessment Battery-Revised"
Quelle	In: Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs, 13 (2013) 1, S.48-56 (9 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1471-3802
DOI	10.1111/j.1471-3802.2012.01264.x
Schlagwörter	Dyslexia; Adults; Screening Tests; Disability Identification; College Students; Test Reliability; Discriminant Analysis; Comparative Analysis; Correlation; Foreign Countries; United Kingdom; Wechsler Intelligence Scales Short Forms; Wide Range Achievement Test + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Dyslexics; Legasthenie; Lese-Rechtschreib-Schwäche; Screening-Verfahren; Collegestudent; Testreliabilität; Diskriminanzanalyse; Korrelation; Ausland; Großbritannien
Abstract	Although there are a number of standardised measures to assess dyslexia in children, there are comparatively fewer instruments suitable for the assessment of dyslexia in adults. Given the growing number of students entering UK higher education institutions, there is a need to develop reliable tools for assessing the additional needs of those with dyslexia and related difficulties. This study reports data from a revised version of the "York Adult Assessment": An Assessment Battery for Dyslexia Screening in Higher Education. The current "York Adult Assessment-Revised" ("YAA-R") is an assessment battery consisting of tests of reading, spelling, writing and phonological skills. Data from a normative sample of 106 adults without dyslexia and a validation sample of 20 adults with dyslexia illustrate significant group differences on the tests comprising the "YAA-R." Additionally, the "YAA-R" has good discriminatory power yielding 80% sensitivity and 97% specificity. Taken together, the "YAA-R" is a suitable test battery for the assessment and identification of dyslexia in university students. (Contains 5 tables and 2 footnotes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10