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Peer reviewedHale, Robert L.; And Others – Psychology in the Schools, 1978
This study investigated the efficacy of predicting academic achievement as measured by the Wide Range Achievement Test, using the Slosson Intelligence Test For Children and Adults as the predictor. Results indicate that the Slosson IQ significantly predicts Wide Range standard scores. (Author)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Intelligence Tests, Predictive Measurement, Prognostic Tests
Peer reviewedHale, Robert L. – Journal of School Psychology, 1981
Investigated the efficacy of predicting academic achievement as measured by the Wide Range Achievement Test using the factor scores of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised as potential predictors. Results indicated that the freedom from distractibility factor score significantly aided in the prediction of reading and spelling…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education, Factor Analysis
Peer reviewedSmith, Teresa C.; Smith, Billy L. – Psychology in the Schools, 1986
WISC-R (Wechsler Intelligence Scale in Children-Revised) Verbal and Performance scores were correlated with WRAT-R Wide Range Achievement Test-Revised scores. The verbal score was found to predict reading, spelling, and arithmetic. The performance score did not add significantly to the predictions. Results were consistent with earlier studies.…
Descriptors: Children, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education, Intelligence Quotient
Peer reviewedSvanum, Soren; Bringle, Robert G. – Intelligence, 1982
Interrelationships among IQ, academic achievement, and teacher ratings of pupils' classroom achievement were evaluated in a large sample of children from various racial and socioeconomic backgrounds. A substantial relationship between standardized measures of IQ and achievement was found and was independent of race, but decreased with increasing…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Correlation, Elementary Education, Intelligence Quotient
Download full textSchaie, K. Warner – 1967
The suitability of the Wide Range Achievement Test (WRAT) as a valid measure of school achievement for use on a national health survey is discussed. It was found that the Arithmetic and Reading sections of the 1963 Revised Wide Range Achievement Test have reasonably good construct validity as judged by their relation to the Stanford and the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Age Grade Placement, Arithmetic
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
BONHAM, S.J., JR. – 1963
THIS STUDY WAS DONE TO DETERMINE THE PREDICTIVE VALUE OF INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP ACHIEVEMENT TESTS WHEN USED TO EVALUATE DEAF CHILDREN. THE 36 CHILDREN SELECTED FOR THIS STUDY WERE IN GRADES 2, 4, AND 6 IN THE KENNEDY SCHOOL IN DAYTON, OHIO. ALL HAD SEVERE AUDITORY HANDICAPS AND WERE 10 TO 16 YEARS OLD. FOUR PSYCHOLOGISTS ADMINISTERED THE FOLLOWING…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Children, Deafness, Educational Testing
