Overview of research on the Assessment of Basic Learning Abilities test. Export

@article{citeulike:423623, abstract = {The Assessment of Basic Learning Abilities (ABLA) test (formerly called the AVC Discrimination Test) was originally developed and field-tested by Nancy Kerr and Lee Meyerson and their students. This test has proven to be a valuable tool for teachers and rehabilitation workers for selecting and sequencing training and work tasks for persons with profound, severe, and moderate developmental disabilities, as well as a useful screening tool for researchers for determining the ability level of participants prior to their exposure to various interventions. This paper summarizes the characteristics of the ABLA test, outlines the testing procedures, summarizes reliability and validity assessments of the test, presents evidence in support of eight generalizations from research on the test, discusses possible changes and additions to the test to enhance its predictive validity and utility, and outlines implications of the ABLA test for teaching and research.}, author = {Martin, Garry L. and Yu, C. T.}, citeulike-article-id = {423623}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://www.oadd.org/publications/journal/issues/vol7no2.htm}, journal = {Journal on Developmental Disabilities}, keywords = {abla, behavior\_analysis, developmental\_disabilities, discrimination, hardcopy, pdfcopy, review, stamant}, number = {2}, pages = {10--36}, posted-at = {2005-12-06 20:52:47}, priority = {2}, title = {Overview of research on the Assessment of Basic Learning Abilities test.}, url = {http://www.oadd.org/publications/journal/issues/vol7no2.htm}, volume = {7}, year = {2000} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:423623 L3 - citeulike-article-id:423623 N2 - The Assessment of Basic Learning Abilities (ABLA) test (formerly called the AVC Discrimination Test) was originally developed and field-tested by Nancy Kerr and Lee Meyerson and their students. This test has proven to be a valuable tool for teachers and rehabilitation workers for selecting and sequencing training and work tasks for persons with profound, severe, and moderate developmental disabilities, as well as a useful screening tool for researchers for determining the ability level of participants prior to their exposure to various interventions. This paper summarizes the characteristics of the ABLA test, outlines the testing procedures, summarizes reliability and validity assessments of the test, presents evidence in support of eight generalizations from research on the test, discusses possible changes and additions to the test to enhance its predictive validity and utility, and outlines implications of the ABLA test for teaching and research. IS - 2 JF - Journal on Developmental Disabilities EP - 36 TI - Overview of research on the Assessment of Basic Learning Abilities test. VL - 7 SP - 10 KW - abla KW - behavior_analysis KW - developmental_disabilities KW - discrimination KW - hardcopy KW - pdfcopy KW - review KW - stamant AU - Martin, Garry AU - Yu, CT PY - 2000/// UR - http://www.oadd.org/publications/journal/issues/vol7no2.htm ER -