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Traveling with Cognitive Tests: Testing the Validity of a KABC-II Adaptation in India
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Malda, Maike; van de Vijver, Fons J. R.; Srinivasan, Krishnamachari; Transler, Catherine; Sukumar, Prathima – Assessment, 2010
The authors evaluated the adequacy of an extensive adaptation of the American Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children, second edition (KABC-II), for 6- to 10-year-old Kannada-speaking children of low socioeconomic status in Bangalore, South India. The adapted KABC-II was administered to 598 children. Subtests showed high reliabilities, the…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Test Validity, Cognitive Tests, Foreign Countries
Use of the Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children in Predicting Achievement among Students Referred for Special Education Services.
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Worthington, George B., III; Bening, Mary Ellen – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1988
The study found that the Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children (K-ABC) was valid in predicting reading, mathematics, and written expression for Black, Hispanic, and White male students referred for special education services. The K-ABC scores were not valid predictors, however, of written language achievement for referred females. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Secondary Education, Mathematics Achievement, Mild Disabilities
Young Children's Performance on Three Measures of Ability.
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Smith, Douglas K.; And Others – 1987
The Stanford-Binet: Fourth Edition and Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children were administered in counterbalanced order followed by the Cognitive Domain of the Battelle Developmental Inventory to a sample of 30 nonhandicapped, preschool children (13 males and 17 females). Correlations (corrected for restriction in range) among the three…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Analysis of Variance, Cognitive Ability, Comparative Testing
A Predictive Validity Study of the Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children with the California Achievement Test.
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Childers, John S.; And Others – Psychology in the Schools, 1985
Administered the Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children (K-ABC) to fourth-, fifth-, and sixth-grade students (N=44). Six months later, all students received the California Achievement Test (CAT). Results supported the predictive utility of the K-ABC, and also provide support for the differential validity of the K-ABC achievement versus mental…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Predictive Validity
External Validity of the Profile Variability Index for the K-ABC, Stanford-Binet, and WISC-R: Another Cul-de-Sac.
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Kline, Rex B.; And Others – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1993
This study evaluated the external validity of a measure of IQ subtest variability, the profile variability index (PVI), with a sample of 146 children referred for psychological testing. Correlation of PVIs on each intelligence test with achievement scores and indexes of discrepancy between actual and predicted scholastic achievement found…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Education, Intelligence Tests, Learning Disabilities
Use of the Kaufman-Assessment Battery for Children with the Hearing Impaired.
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Ulissi, Stephen Mark; And Others – American Annals of the Deaf, 1989
Fifty hearing-impaired elementary-school students completed the Kaufman-Assessment Battery for Children; scores correlated highly with scores from the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised and with school achievement. The Simultaneous Processing Scale and the Nonverbal Scale seemed appropriate for hearing-impaired children while the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Tests, Elementary Education
The Relationship between Young Children's Academic Achievement and Measures of Intelligence.
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Lassiter, Kerry S. – Psychology in the Schools, 1995
To test the validity of brief measures of intelligence and explore how well these instruments relate to academic performance, the WPPSI-R, the Kaufman Brief Intelligence Scale, Draw-A-Person: Quantitative Scoring System, and the K-ABC Achievement Scale were administered to 50 kindergarten and first-grade children. Results indicated all measures…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Ability, Correlation, Grade 1