Diagnosis and Administrative Interventions for Students with Mental Retardation in Australia, France, United States, and Zimbabwe 98 Years after Binet's First Intelligence Test.

Oakland, Thomas; Mpofu, Elias; Glasgow, Ken; Jumel, Bernard

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ERIC Number: EJ677653

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Publication Date: 2003

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Diagnosis and Administrative Interventions for Students with Mental Retardation in Australia, France, United States, and Zimbabwe 98 Years after Binet's First Intelligence Test.

Oakland, Thomas; Mpofu, Elias; Glasgow, Ken; Jumel, Bernard

International Journal of Testing, v3 n1 p59-75 2003

Summarizes some prevailing policies and practices important to the assessment of mental retardation in Australia, France, the United States, and Zimbabwe. Discusses international standards for diagnosis and classification of mental disorders and cross-national similarities and differences. Also discusses implications for test development. (SLD)

Descriptors: Classification, Cross Cultural Studies, Foreign Countries, Intelligence Tests, Mental Retardation, Standards, Test Construction

Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Australia; France; United States; Zimbabwe

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