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Overview

Dawn P. Flanagan is affiliated with St. John's University in the United States and has contributed extensively to the fields of psychology and mathematics, with a specialized focus on developmental and educational psychology, statistics and probability, education, and psychiatry and mental health.

The primary research topics addressed include:

  • Reading and Literacy Development
  • Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills
  • Educational and Psychological Assessments
  • School Choice and Performance
  • Behavioral and Psychological Studies
  • Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
  • Higher Education Learning Practices

Flanagan's recent published work consists of several papers between 2021 and 2025, including:

  • "The effect of measurement error on the positive predictive value of PSW methods for SLD identification: How buffer zones dispel the illusion of inaccuracy" (2024) in the Journal of School Psychology
  • "Helping School Psychologists and Districts Estimate the Cost of Adopting the Dual Discrepancy/Consistency PSW Method for SLD Identification" (2021) in the Journal of Applied School Psychology
  • "Toward a Consensus Model of Cognitive-Reading Achievement Relations Using Meta-Structural Equation Modeling" (2025) in the Journal of Intelligence
  • "The Woodcock-Johnson V: Fifty Years of Excellence in Ability Assessment" (2025) in the Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment
  • "Overview of the Woodcock-Johnson V Tests of Cognitive Abilities and Virtual Test Library" (2025) in the Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Flanagan include:

  • W. Joel Schneider
  • Christopher R. Niileksela
  • Vincent C. Alfonso
  • Joseph R. Engler
  • Andrew Shanock

Publication activity is chiefly concentrated in journals such as:

  • Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment
  • Journal of School Psychology
  • Journal of Applied School Psychology
  • Journal of Intelligence

In 2000, Flanagan was recognized as a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA).

Best Publications

  • Essentials of Cross-Battery Assessment

    Dawn P. Flanagan;Samuel O. Ortiz;Vincent C. Alfonso

  • The intelligence test desk reference (ITDR) : Gf-Gc cross-battery assessment

    Kevin S. McGrew;Dawn P. Flanagan

  • Contemporary intellectual assessment : theories, tests, and issues

    Dawn P. Flanagan;Patti L. Harrison

  • The Wechsler Intelligence Scales and Gf-Gc Theory: A Contemporary Approach to Interpretation

    Dawn P. Flanagan;Kevin S. McGrew;Samuel O. Ortiz

  • The Impact of the Cattell-Horn-Carroll Theory on Test Development and Interpretation of Cognitive and Academic Abilities.

    Vincent C. Alfonso;Dawn P. Flanagan;Suzan Radwan

  • Critical Issues in Response-To-Intervention, Comprehensive Evaluation, and Specific Learning Disabilities Identification and Intervention: An Expert White Paper Consensus

    J. Hale;V. Alfonso;V. Berninger;B. Bracken

  • Beyond g: The Impact of Gf-Gc Specific Cognitive Abilities Research on the Future Use and Interpretation of Intelligence Tests in the Schools

    Kevin S. McGrew;Dawn P. Flanagan;Timothy Z. Keith;Mike Vanderwood

  • A cross-battery approach to assessing and interpreting cognitive abilities: Narrowing the gap between practice and cognitive science.

    Dawn P. Flanagan;Kevin S. McGrew

  • Essentials of Specific Learning Disability Identification

    Dawn P. Flanagan;Vincent C. Alfonso

  • Test Review: Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children, Fourth Edition (WISC-IV)

    Alan S. Kaufman;Dawn P. Flanagan;Vincent C. Alfonso;Jennifer T. Mascolo

  • Convergent validity of the BASC and SSRS: Implications for social skills assessment

    Dawn P. Flanagan;Vincent C. Alfonso;Louis H. Primavera;Laura Povall

  • ENHANCING PRACTICE THROUGH APPLICATION OF CATTELL-HORN-CARROLL THEORY AND RESEARCH: A "THIRD METHOD" APPROACH TO SPECIFIC LEARNING DISABILITY IDENTIFICATION

    Dawn P. Flanagan;Catherine A. Fiorello;Samuel O. Ortiz

  • Best Practices in Working With Culturally Diverse Children and Families.

    Samuel O. Ortiz;Dawn P. Flanagan

  • Integration of response to intervention and norm‐referenced tests in learning disability identification: Learning from the Tower of Babel

    Dawn P. Flanagan;Samuel O. Ortiz;Vincent C. Alfonso;Agnieszka M. Dynda

  • A Critical Review of the Technical Characteristics of New and Recently Revised Intelligence Tests for Preschool Children

    Dawn P. Flanagan;Vincent C. Alfonso

  • The contribution of general and specific cognitive abilities to reading achievement

    Michael L Vanderwood;Kevin S McGrew;Dawn P Flanagan;Timothy Z Keith

  • Essentials of cross-battery assessment, 2nd ed.

    Dawn P. Flanagan;Samuel O. Ortiz;Vincent C. Alfonso

  • Interpreting Intelligence Tests from Contemporary Gf-Gc Theory: Joint Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the WJ-R and KAIT in a Non-White Sample

    Dawn P. Flanagan;Kevin S. McGrew

  • PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE ISSUES IN THE ASSESSMENT OF COGNITIVE FUNCTIONING FOR EDUCATIONAL APPLICATIONS

    Scott L. Decker;James B. Hale;Dawn P. Flanagan

  • The Cattell-Horn-Carroll Theory of Cognitive Abilities

    Dawn P. Flanagan;Shauna G. Dixon

Frequent Co-Authors

Kevin S. McGrew
Kevin S. McGrew University of Minnesota
Timothy Z. Keith
Timothy Z. Keith The University of Texas at Austin
Alan S. Kaufman
Alan S. Kaufman University of Connecticut
John H. Kranzler
John H. Kranzler University of Florida
Jack A. Naglieri
Jack A. Naglieri University of Virginia
William F. Chaplin
William F. Chaplin St. John's University
Linda A. Reddy
Linda A. Reddy Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Ron Dumont
Ron Dumont Fairleigh Dickinson University
Cynthia A. Riccio
Cynthia A. Riccio Texas A&M University
John O. Willis
John O. Willis Rivier University

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