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Peer reviewedHelmes, Edward – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1987
Canadian undergraduate students were administered the British general ability test, AH2, along with a multiple-choice vocabulary test and the Standard Progressive Matrices, a nonverbal ability test. Scores were compared with British norms and intercorrelated with those of the other two tests. Correlations with the other ability tests were low.…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Comparative Testing, Concurrent Validity, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedZeidner, Moshe – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1985
Two experiments were conducted in Israeli elementary schools to test the assumption that disadvantaged students perform poorly on ability tests because of situational factors related to the testing process. Testing atmosphere and examiner status were examined with respect to verbal and nonverbal ability and intelligence. The assumption was not…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Comparative Testing, Disadvantaged Youth, Examiners
