Executive Function Rating Scale [EFRS]: A Study among Learning Disabled. Tool development: Item Generation and Item Analysis

This study is developing a tool, Executive Function Rating Scale [EFRS], to assess the executive functions (EF) of the learning disabled (LD) students. Many studies have found that learning disabled students have problems in executive functions. But there is no standardized tool to asses EF of LD students. The study was conducted on 30 LD students (N=30), aged 10 to 15 years. 11 dimensions were selected and 100 items were generated by the researcher. Two focus group discussions and one expert review were conducted and 29 items were deleted. After data collection, Item Analysis, Facility Index (FI) and Discrimination Index (DI), (Item Total correlation and Total item correlation) were done. Items with FI value > 0.75, (one item), was deleted. The items with DI value < 0.30 were deleted. The final 15 items were selected for further standardization process.