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About the AuthorsBelinda J. Hardin is the Director of the Special Projects and Research Division at Chapel HillTraining Outreach Project, Inc. She has a Ph.D. in Early Childhood, Families, and Literacyfrom the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Dr. Hardin has directed international,national, and local studies and projects related to services for children and families, andauthored numerous publications. She is a former kindergarten and special education teacherwith 25 years of experience in early childhood education.Ellen S. Peisner-Feinberg is a scientist at the Frank Porter Graham Child DevelopmentInstitute at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She has a Ph.D. in developmentalpsychology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She has conducted avariety of statewide and national research studies focused on early childhood care andeducation practices and the outcomes for children and families, and has conductedevaluations of a variety of early childhood initiatives and training programs for earlychildhood staff. Dr. Peisner-Feinberg has authored numerous publications in these areas andhas disseminated the findings of her work to a variety of audiences, including earlychildhood practitioners, researchers, policymakers, and parents.Stephanie W. Weeks is a research and development specialist for the Special Projects andResearch Division and the Anne R. Sanford Center for Research at Chapel Hill TrainingOutreach Project, Inc. She has a Ph.D. in Social Psychology from North Carolina StateUniversity with a focus on research methodology. Dr. Weeks has co-directed severalstatewide and national projects on social cognition and attribution and has presentednationally on these topics.V
Table of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction: The Learning Accomplishment Profile-Diagnostic (LAP-D) Third Edition ......1Overview........................................................................................................................................1Features of the LAP-D ...................................................................................................................2Differences between the LAP-D Second Edition (1992) and the LAP-D Third Edition (2005).....3Applications of the LAP-D.............................................................................................................4Limitations of the LAP-D...............................................................................................................5User Qualifications ........................................................................................................................5Chapter 2: Overview of the LAP-D ............................................................................................................7Underlying Principles of The LAP System.....................................................................................7History of the LAP-D.....................................................................................................................7LAP-D Content ............................................................................................................................10LAP-D Assessment Materials ......................................................................................................11LAP-D Assessment Manual ............................................................................................13LAP-D Scoring Booklet ..................................................................................................13LAP-D Examiner’s Manual & Technical Report ...........................................................13LAP-D Assessment Kit ...................................................................................................13LAP-D Software..............................................................................................................13LAP-D Planning Cards....................................................................................................13Chapter 3: Test Administration Guidelines .............................................................................................15Order of Assessment....................................................................................................................15Methods of Assessment ...............................................................................................................15Test Administration Considerations ............................................................................................15Administration Time.......................................................................................................15Physical Setting...............................................................................................................16Arrangement of Materials...............................................................................................16Establishing and Maintaining Rapport............................................................................16Avoiding Cues ................................................................................................................17Following Procedures .....................................................................................................17Computing Chronological Age ....................................................................................................17Determining Starting Points............................................................................................20Determining Starting Points for Children with Disabilities............................................20Scoring Procedures Rules ............................................................................................................22Establishing Basals and Ceilings .................................................................................................23Basal Rules .....................................................................................................................23Ceiling Rules...................................................................................................................26Additional Scoring Rules................................................................................................28Chapter 4: Scoring and Interpreting LAP-D Results................................................................................29Computing Raw Scores................................................................................................................29Types of Assessments Results ........................................................................................31Completing the Scoring Summary & Profile ...............................................................................31VI
Page 3 and 4: Initial DevelopmentDavid Wilson LeM
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Page 15 and 16: Chapter 2Overview of the LAP-DThis
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Page 19 and 20: Table 1. Subscales of the LAP-DDoma
Page 21: LAP-D Scoring Booklet. The Scoring
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Page 28 and 29: Determining Starting PointsOnce the
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Table 6. Adults and Number of Child
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Prior to selection of the criterion
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additional 409 children (19.5%; n=2
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means, standard deviations, and cor
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• Comprehension30-35 months 99 08
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Table 12b. Internal Consistency of
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Table 13b. Standard Errors of Measu
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Test-retest reliability was determi
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speaking children, 8.62% were Black
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Table 17b. Means, Standard Deviatio
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Table 18b. Zero-order Correlations
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Table 20. Correlations Between LAP-
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Table 23 depicts the means, standar
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Age Equivalent ScoresAn age equival
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ReferencesAmerican Educational Rese
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Errata for theExaminer’s Manual &
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Table A-1. Percentile Rank, NCE, t-
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Table B-2. Percentile Ranks for LAP
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Table B-10. Percentile Ranks for LA
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30-35 MONTHS 36-41 MONTHS 42-47 MON
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30-35 MONTHS 36-41 MONTHS 42-47 MON
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Table C-1. Percentile Ranks for LAP
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Table C-11. Percentile Ranks for LA
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Table C-13. Percentile Ranks for LA
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Table C-15. Percentile Ranks for To
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Table C-16. Spanish Age Equivalents
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