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Intelligence and Achievement in First-Grade Black Children
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Sewell, Trevor E.; Severson, Roger A. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1975
Investigates the relationship between the WISC IQ and academic achievement in regularily placed first-grade black children. (Author)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Students, Elementary Education, Intelligence Tests
Effectiveness of the WISC and Bender-Gestalt Test in Predicting Arithmetic and Reading Achievement for White and Nonwhite Children
Henderson, Norman B.; and others – J Clin Psychol, 1969
Research performed pursuant to Contract No. 4368-10 with the National Institute of Health, Public Health Service.
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Arithmetic, Blacks, Ethnic Groups
Predictive Validity of Two Mental Ability Tests with Black Deaf Children.
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Hurley, Oliver L.; And Others – Journal of Negro Education, 1979
A study of 59 deaf children indicates that the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised (WISC-R) and the Hiskey-Nebraska Test of Learning Aptitude (HNTLA) have little or no value for predicting the achievement levels of either White or Black deaf children. (Author/EB)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Black Students, Deafness
Japanese Inbreeding Depression Scores: Predictors of Cognitive Differences between Blacks and Whites.
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Rushton, J. Philippe – Intelligence, 1989
Genetic influence was estimated on Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children subtests from inbreeding depression scores calculated on cousin marriages in Japan (n=1,854 children) and correlated with American Black-White racial differences. The genetic contribution of racial differences in cognitive performance may be more robust than was previously…
Descriptors: Black Students, Children, Cognitive Ability, Genetics
Comparison of WISC and WISC-R Racial Regression Lines.
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Reynolds, Cecil R.; Hartlage, Lawrence C. – 1978
Regression lines for the prediction of Wide Range Achievement Test (WRAT) scores by Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC) and WISC Revised (WISC-R) intelligence quotients were compared across race, by the Potoff technique. Subjects were 36 black and 30 white children who were referred for psychological evaluation because of learning or…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Black Students, Comparative Testing
Raven's Progressive Matrices Test Correlations with Measures of Lorge-Thorndike and Wechsler Intelligence Tests.
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Purl, Mabel C.; Curtis, Jonathan – 1970
The relationship of the Progressive Matrices Test (PM) to the Lorge-Thorndike Intelligence Test (LTIQ) and the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC) is examined. Predictive power of these measures with respect to a number of achievement measures was also investigated. The initial sample consisted of 242 first graders and 281 second…
Descriptors: Anglo Americans, Blacks, Comparative Analysis, Correlation
Ethnicity and Language Dominance--Influence on the Prediction of Achievement Based on Intelligence Test Scores in Nonreferred and Referred Samples.
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Palmer, Douglas J.; And Others – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1989
A sample of 236 elementary-level Black, Hispanic, and Anglo pupils, referred or nonreferred for learning disabilities, were assessed with the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised and the Kaufman-Assessment Battery for Children cognitive and achievement scales. Results showed that referral status, ethnicity, and language proficiency…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Anglo Americans, Black Students, Elementary Education
Analysis of Different Concepts of Cultural Fairness Using WISC-R and MAT Scores from Four Ethnic Groups.
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Reschly, Daniel J.; And Others – 1976
Samples of Anglo, Black, Mexican-American, and Papago Indian students (N=260 per group) were administered the Metropolitan Achievement Test and the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised (WISC-R). Various concepts of cultural fairness were identified from the literature and then used to design analyses of these data. Regression equations…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, American Indians, Black Students, Comparative Analysis