Beth Landa

Biographic Data

ID7121217
NAMEBeth Landa
GIVEN NAMESBeth
FAMILY NAMELanda
SIGNATURELANDA B
AFFILIATIONSHofstra University
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS2
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR2
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1980
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR1980
H-INDEX0

  • The McCarthy Scales

    Open AccessClaire B Ernhart, Beth Landa et al.ARTICLEEducational and Psychological…1980

    The McCarthy Scales of Children's Abilities (MSCA) was admin istered to 80 urban black children when they were preschoolers. Five years later, 68 of these children were retested with this scale. Scores on these two administrations were interrelated and were also corre lated with reading test scores, IQ scores of parents, and amount of parental education. The summary MSCA score, called the General Cognitive Index, proved valid in the five-year pre…

  • Cumulative Deficit,” a Longitudinal Analysis of Scores on McCarthy Scales

    Open AccessClaire B Ernhart, Beth LandaARTICLEPsychological Reports1980

    Preschool testing of 80 black disadvantaged children with the McCarthy Scales of Children's Abilities was followed 5 yr. later with reexamination with the same Scales. The attrition rate was only 15%. Published norms were used for 27 children (primary group). Extrapolated norms were used for a supplementary group of 41 older children for whom published norms were not appropriate. A performance drop in the General Cognitive Index, predicted from r…