The most up-to-date resource of comprehensive information for conducting cross-battery assessments The Cross-Battery assessment approach also referred to as the XBA approach is a time-efficient assessment method grounded solidly in contemporary theory and research. The XBA approach systematically integrates data across cognitive, achievement, and neuropsychological batteries, enabling practitioners to expand their traditional assessments to more comprehensively address referral concerns. This approach also includes guidelines for identification of specific learning disabilities and assessment of cognitive strengths and weaknesses in individuals from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. Like all the volumes in the Essentials of Psychological Assessment series, Essentials of Cross-Battery Assessment, Third Edition is designed to help busy practitioners quickly acquire the knowledge and skills they need to make optimal use of psychological assessment instruments. Each concise chapter features numerous callout boxes highlighting key concepts, bulleted points, and extensive illustrative material, as well as test questions that help you to gauge and reinforce your grasp of the information covered. Essentials of Cross-Battery Assessment, Third Edition is updated to include the latest editions of cognitive ability test batteries , such as the WISC-IV, WAIS-IV, and WJ III COG, and special purpose cognitive tests including the WMS-IV and TOMAL-II. This book now also overs many neuropsychological batteries such as the NEPSY-II and D-KEFS and provides extensive coverage of achievement batteries and special purpose tests, including the WIAT-III, KM-3, WRMT-3 and TOWL-4. In all, this book includes over 100 psychological batteries and 750 subtests, all of which are classified according to CHC (and many according to neuropsychlogical theory. This useful guide includes a timesaving CD-ROM, Essential Tools for Cross-Battery Assessment (XBA) Applications and Interpretation, which allows users to enter data and review results and interpretive statements that may be included in psychological reports. Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.

The most up-to-date resource of comprehensive information forconducting cross-battery assessmentsThe Cross-Battery assessment approach--also referred to asthe XBA approach--is a time-efficient assessment methodgrounded solidly in contemporary theory and research. The XBAapproach systematically integrates data across cognitiveachievement, and neuropsychological batteries, enablingpractitioners to expand their traditional assessments to morecomprehensively address referral concerns. This approach alsoincludes guidelines for identification of specific learningdisabilities and assessment of cognitive strengths and weaknessesin individuals from culturally and linguistically diversebackgrounds.Like all the volumes in the Essentials of PsychologicalAssessment series, Essentials of Cross-Battery Assessment, ThirdEdition is designed to help busy practitioners quickly acquirethe knowledge and skills they need to make optimal use ofpsychological assessment instruments. Each concise chapter featuresnumerous callout boxes highlighting key concepts, bulleted pointsand extensive illustrative material, as well as test questions thathelp you to gauge and reinforce your grasp of the informationcovered.Essentials of Cross-Battery Assessment, Third Edition isupdated to include the latest editions of cognitive ability testbatteries , such as the WISC-IV, WAIS-IV, and WJ III COG, andspecial purpose cognitive tests including the WMS-IV and TOMAL-II.This book now also overs many neuropsychological batteries such asthe NEPSY-II and D-KEFS and provides extensive coverage ofachievement batteries and special purpose tests, including theWIAT-III, KM-3, WRMT-3 and TOWL-4. In all, this book includes over100 psychological batteries and 750 subtests, all of which areclassified according to CHC (and many according toneuropsychlogical theory. This useful guide includes a timesavingCD-ROM, Essential Tools for Cross-Battery Assessment (XBA)Applications and Interpretation, which allows users to enter dataand review results and interpretive statements that may be includedin psychological reports.Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials arenot included as part of eBook file.

Series Preface xiiiAcknowledgments xvOne Overview 1Two How to Organize a Cross-Battery Assessment Using CognitiveAchievement, and Neuropsychological Batteries 45Three How to Interpret Test Data 121Four Cross-Battery Assessment for SLD Identification: The DualDiscrepancy/Consistency Pattern of Strengths and Weaknesses in theContext of an Operational Definition 227Five Cross-Battery Assessment of Individuals From Culturally andLinguistically Diverse Backgrounds 287Six Strengths and Weaknesses of the Cross-Battery AssessmentApproach 351Seven Cross-Battery Assessment Case Report 365Appendix A CHC Narrow Ability Definitions and Task Examples389Appendix B CHC Broad and Narrow Ability Classification Tablesfor Tests Published Between 2001 and 2012 399Appendix C Descriptions of Cognitive, Achievement, andNeuropsychological Subtests by CHC Domain 417Appendix D Critical Values for Statistical Significance and BaseRate for Composites on Comprehensive Cognitive and AchievementBatteries 425Appendix E Variation in Task Demands and Task Characteristics ofSubtests on Cognitive and Neuropsychological Batteries 431Marlene Sotelo-Dynega and Tara CuskleyAppendix F Variation in Task Demands and Task Characteristics ofSubtests on Achievement Batteries by IDEA Academic Area 439Jennifer T. MascoloAppendix G Neuropsychological Domain Classifications 445Appendix H Understanding and Using the XBA PSW-A v1.0 SoftwareProgram Tab by Tab 457Appendix I Cognitive and Neuropsychological Battery-SpecificCulture-Language Matrices 485Appendix J Cross-Battery Assessment Case Reports 503Jim Hanson, John Garruto, and Karen ApgarAppendix K Eugene, Oregon, School District Integrated Model forSpecific Learning Disability Identification 505Appendix L Summary of the Expert Consensus Study for DeterminingCHC Broad and Narrow Ability Classifications for Subtests New toThis Edition 517Appendix M Criteria Used in XBA DMIA v2.0 for Follow-Up on aTwo-Subtest Composite 527Author Index 533Subject Index 537About the Authors 553About the CD 555The CD-ROM contains the full versions of all Appendices; threesoftware programs that analyze data (Cross-Battery Assessment DataManagement and Interpretive Assistant, Pattern of Strengths andWeaknesses Analyzer, and Culture-Language Interpretive Matrix); anda form (Evaluation and Consideration of Exclusionary Factors forSLD Identification).