In order to increase the utility of the Slingerland Screening Tests, percentile rank norms were calculated for 2272 elementary school students in grades K through 6. Tables of norms are presented for key percentile ranks. Separate tables of norms were calculated for males and females since significant mean sex differences were found. The split-half reliability coefficients obtained lend firm support to the notion that the tests are reliable.
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