The relationship between gender, Neuropsychological Test Performance, and specific Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised (WISC-R) Verbal and Performance discrepancy score directions was examined with Black adolescents. Results indicated a need to use different normative data for male and female subjects on these tests. (Author/JD)

Forty-six Black children (seven- through ten-years-old) referred for learning or behavior problems were administered both the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children- Revised (WISC-R) and the WISC. Ss had significantly lower WISC-R than WISC score, supporting previous studies which suggest that the WISC-R norms are "tougher" than the…

Study was designed to assess the relative value of three sources of information in assigning parents to the occupational classifications employed in the standardization of the WISC. (Authors)

Investigated was the validity of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC) in predicting teachers' ratings of 201 Black, 320 Mexican American, and 430 Anglo primary grade children. (Author/CL)

Findings indicated that the judges were not able to determine accurately which items were more difficult for minority students and that there was no significant difference in accuracy between judges of the different ethnic backgrounds. (Author)

Investigates the factor structure of an intelligence scale for White, Mexican American, and African American children. Examined 4541 non-referred children and looked at verbal comprehension, perceptual organization, and freedom from distractibility. Results indicate differences in the intelligence scale's factor structure across groups, raising…

Research performed pursuant to Contract No. 4368-10 with the National Institute of Health, Public Health Service.

THE DEVELOPMENT OF MORAL ATTITUDES AMONG AMERICAN-BORN WHITE AND NEGRO CHILDREN, WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF PIAGET'S THEORY, WAS INVESTIGATED. WHITE AND NEGRO CHILDREN FROM FOUR NUMERICALLY DEFINED SOCIAL CLASS LEVELS WERE COMPARED, AND THE RELATIONSHIP OF MORAL ATTITUDES TO INTELLIGENCE WAS STUDIED. EACH OF THE 200 CHILDREN, RANGING IN AGE FROM 9.5…

The study investigated the subtest scatter of 555 nonreferred elementary students of three ethnic backgrounds--Black, White, and Hispanic. The magnitude of the subtest scatter was similiar to A. Kaufman's analysis of the standardization data. The inclusion of the Hispanic group, however, produced a somewhat different pattern. (Author/CL)

Investigated item bias on six subtests of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised for four sociocultural groups (N=950), Anglo, Black, Chicano, and Native American Papago (NAP). Results of statistical indexes indicated no or negligible bias against Blacks and Chicanos. Found evidence suggesting bias in some verbal scales with NAPs.…

Examined the appropriateness and fairness of the WISC-R for four sociocultural groups in terms of comparability of factor structures, and construct validity. Groups were similar in proportion of variance. The verbal-performance scale distinction appeared appropriate for all groups. Conclusions provide increased confidence in construct validity of…

Black (N=95) and White (N=52) low socioeconomic children assigned to special education classes were initially given the Stanford-Binet and, three years later, the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised (WISC-R). Correlations between Stanford-Binet and WISC-R Full Scale IQs were significant in both ethnic groups, with r=.60 for the total…

The Pluralistic Assessment Project, which has been funded for three years by the National Institute of Mental Health, was developed in response to the results of earlier studies on the epidemiology of mental retardation. During 1963 and 1964, data were gathered for a comprehensive epidemiology of mental retardation in the City of Riverside,…

The Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children (K-ABC) and the Wechsler Intelligence for Children-Revised (WISC-R) were compared with respect to the magnitudes of the average White-Black differences in standardized scaled scores and in raw scores. Subjects were 172 fourth- and fifth-grade children matched in Black-White pairs. (Author/LMO)

The possibilities of influence of the race of testers on the intellectual performance of children were investigated. A four factorial design, with two response measures--the digit span and block design subtests of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children--was employed. These data were gathered on students enrolled in a black and white…