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Concurrent and Predictive Validity of the WISC-R, McCarthy Scales, Woodcock-Johnson, and Academic Achievement.
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Reilly, Thomas P.; And Others – Psychology in the Schools, 1985
First graders (N=26) completed the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised, McCarthy Scales, and Woodcock-Johnson Scales of Cognitive Ability. Two years later, their academic achievement was determined by Wide Range Achievement Test and teacher ratings. Results suggest that all three intellectual measures are appropriate for predicting…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Children, Cognitive Measurement, Intelligence Tests
A Comparison of the WISC-R, McCarthy Scales, Woodcock-Johnson, and Academic Achievement: Concurrent and Predictive Validity.
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Drudge, Owen W.; And Others – 1981
Thirty normal first-grade students with a mean age of 7.0 years were administered the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised, the McCarthy Scales of Children's Abilities, and the Woodcock-Johnson Tests of Cognitive Ability. Pearson intercorrelations among the summary indices of these cognitive measures were uniformly high, ranging from…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Cognitive Tests, Correlation
The McCarthy Scales and Kaufman's McCarthy Short Form Correlations with the Comprehensive Test of Basic Skills.
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Valencia, Richard R. – Psychology in the Schools, 1984
Examine the predictive validity of Kaufman's short form of the McCarthy Scales of Children's Abilities for 74 Mexican-American children. Comparisons between the McCarthy General Cognitive Index (GCI) and Kaufman's estimated CGI with academic achievement showed that the conventional McCarthy and Kaufman's short form predicted achievement about…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Ability, Comparative Testing, Elementary Education
Diagnostic Use of the WISC-R and McCarthy Scales: A Regression Analysis Approach to Learning Disabilities.
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Taylor, Ronald L.; Ivimey, John K. – Psychology in the Schools, 1980
The Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised (WISC-R) Comprehension, Arithmetic, and Object Assembly and McCarthy Quantitative and Memory Indices were most sensitive to learning disabled students' achievement. Conversely, the WISC-R Similarities and Arithmetic and the McCarthy Verbal Index were most sensitive to achievement of nonlearning…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Educational Diagnosis, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
McCarthy Scales, McCarthy Screening Test, and Kaufman's McCarthy Short Form Correlations with the Peabody Individual Achievement Test.
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Naglieri, Jack A.; Harrison, Patti L. – Psychology in the Schools, 1982
Examined the relationships between the McCarthy Scales General Cognitive Index, the McCarthy Screening Test, Kaufman's McCarthy short form, and the Peabody Individual Achievement Test using a sample of elementary students. Found the Estimated General Cognitive Index by Kaufman's short form was virtually identical to the McCarthy Scales Index.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Measurement, Comparative Testing, Correlation