Author: Alan S. Kaufman
Summary: The Kaufman Functional Academic Skills Test (K-FAST) is a short individually administered, nationally normed measure of an adolescent's or adult's ability to demonstrate competence in reading and mathematics as applied to daily life situations. The K-FAST can be given to people aged 15 to over 85 years. It takes approximately 15 to 20 minutes to administer.
Format: Manual
Library Record: LB 3060.33 K38 K21k 1994 ATOOLS
Population: 15 to 85 years
Subject
Completion time: 15 - 25 minutes
Equipment: 1 manual (xiii, 96 p. : ill.), 1 test easel, 1 individual test record.
Determine Validity and Reliability
To determine validity and reliability of this test copy and paste the serarch string into a PubMed (U of M faculty, students and affiliated users use this PubMed link):
(K-FAST OR Kaufman Functional Academic Skills Test) AND ((((("Reproducibility of Results"[Mesh]) OR "Sensitivity and Specificity"[Mesh])) OR (reliabl* OR valid*)) OR (sensitiv* AND specif*))
To search the vailidity and reliability in CINAHL copy and paste this search string into CINAHL (U of M faculty, students and affiliated users only)
((K-FAST OR Kaufman Functional Academic Skills Test)) OR (IN Kaufman Functional Academic Skills Test))) AND (( (MH "Reliability and Validity+") OR (MH "Measurement Issues and Assessments+") OR (MH "Predictive Validity") OR (MH "Sensitivity and Specificity") ) OR ( reliabil* OR valid* ) OR ( sensitivity and specificity ))
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