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They were again examined as per the guidelines recommended by State of Alaska and American Academy of Pediatrics, and the results of the two examinations were compared. Microsoft Excel 2007 was used for the statistical analysis.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n RESULTS:<\/jats:title>\n Earlier 384 school children of class first to fourth (aged 6\u201310 years) had been screened using distant visual acuity. Of them, 87 (22.6%) were referred. The rest 297 (male 183 61.6%) students with a mean age of 7.8 years (standard deviation \u00b1 1.23) were again examined and 42\/384 (11%) were detected as having visual anomaly that were false negative\/or missed during the initial screening. Refractive errors were detected in 33\/42 (78.6%) students by retinoscopy. Retinoscopy showed the highest sensitivity (78.6%) and negative predictive value (96.6%) to detect all types of refractive error among all types of tests. 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