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Spruill, Jean; Beck, Brett – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1986
This study is a concurrent validation of Level II of the Wide Range Achievement Test-Revised (WRAT-R) using the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS) Verbal, Performance, and Full Scale IQ scores as criterion measures. Forty-five subjects were administered the WAIS-R and WRAT-R and their scores correlated. (Author/LMO)
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Adults, Comparative Testing, Concurrent Validity

Stewart, Donald W. – Guidance & Counselling, 1994
Many postsecondary students who request academic accommodations for learning disabilities actually show no documentable learning disability but a discrepancy between their intellectual ability and their achievement aspirations (i.e., a "yearning disability") rather than a discrepancy between their ability and achievement (i.e., a…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Educational Testing
Winick, Albert B. – 1974
Tests of intelligence and structured measures of emotional status, aptitudes, and achievement alone do not suffice in predicting the vocational adjustment of the mentally retarded. Since the main concern is the evaluation of the many aspects of behavior which make the individual a unique and changing person, a format was developed which included a…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Adults, Clinical Diagnosis, Cognitive Tests