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The Relationship between the Kaufman Brief Intelligence Test (K-BIT) and the WISC-R with Referred Students.
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Prewett, Peter N. – Psychology in the Schools, 1992
Kaufman Brief Intelligence Test (K-BIT) and Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised (WISC-R) were administered in counterbalanced order to 35 referred students. Although K-BIT intelligence quotient (IQ) Composite correlated significantly with WISC-R Full Scale IQ scores, mean scores differed significantly. Results provide moderate support…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Adolescents, Children, Comparative Testing
Concurrent Validity of the Woodcock-Johnson Tests of Cognitive Ability with the WISC-R: EMR Children.
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Cummings, Jack A.; Sanville, David – Psychology in the Schools, 1983
Administered the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised (WISC-R) and the Woodcock-Johnson Tests of Cognitive Ability (WJTCA) to educable mentally retarded children (N=30). Results showed significant mean differences between WISC-R and WJTCA full-scale standard scores, providing implications for placement of children in classes for the…
Descriptors: Children, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Measurement, Comparative Testing
Validity of Self- and Parent-Report Scales in Screening Students for Behavioral and Emotional Problems in Elementary School.
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Wrobel, Nancy Howells; Lachar, David – Psychology in the Schools, 1998
Examines the comparative validity of a parent-report scale and a self-report scale, both designed to assess behavioral and emotional problems. Results, based on 111 children in regular education classrooms, indicate that parent reports were more sensitive to overt behavioral problems, whereas self-reports were sensitive to mood disturbances and…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Children, Comparative Testing, Elementary Education
Use of the Slosson Intelligence Test in Screening of Gifted Children.
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Clark, Priscilla; And Others – Journal of School Psychology, 1987
Investigated use of revised Slosson Intelligence Test (SIT) for screening public school students (N=131) for giftedness. Found revised SIT intelligence quotient (IQ) mean to be significantly lower than old ratio SIT IQ mean, significantly higher than Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised and Stanford-Binet means. Advises caution in…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Adolescents, Children, Comparative Testing
Performance of Gifted Children on the PPVT and PPVT-R.
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Pedriana, Anthony J.; Bracken, Bruce A. – Psychology in the Schools, 1982
Compared the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test (PPVT) and the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test-Revised (PPVT-R) for 31 gifted children. The sample mean for the PPVT-R was significantly lower than for the PPVT. Additionally, the PPVT and PPVT-R correlated to a significant degree, yielding a standard score correlation coefficient of .83. (Author)
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Children, Cohort Analysis, Comparative Testing
Test-Retest Reliability of the AGS Early Screening Profiles.
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Smith, Douglas K.; And Others – 1990
The test-retest reliability of the American Guidance Service (AGS) Early Screening Profiles (ESP)--a battery measuring development in the cognition/language, motor, and self-help/social areas--was examined. The ESP is a nationally normed screening battery for children ages 2 years 0 months through 6 years 11 months. In addition, parent and teacher…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Black Students, Child Development, Children