FOUR COMMONLY USED INDIVIDUAL INTELLIGENCE TESTS ARE DESCRIBED. DESCRIPTIONS OF SUBTESTS ARE GIVEN, ALONG WITH EXPLANATION OF WHAT EACH TEST MEASURES. THIS INFORMATION IS PROVIDED TO ASSIST THE TEACHER IN IDENTIFYING SPECIFIC ABILITIES AND WEAKNESSES IN INDIVIDUAL CHILDREN. (JW)

The resources of education, measurement and guidance are focusing on betterment of the educational process for the benefit of the individual student. (Editor/IR)

Scores on the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised (WISC-R) and the Wide Range Achievement Test (WRAT) from 250 children were factor analyzed. Results offered support for interpreting WISC-R scores in terms of verbal and performance scales and for interpreting WRAT scores as a separate achievement factor. (Author/HLM)

Discrepancies between the K-ABC and its theoretical base of simultaneous and sequential mental processing; technical and design problems related to disproportionate subtest contributions of the Simultaneous Scale to the Mental Processing Composite; the method of subtest-specific variance computation and use in interpretation; and utility with…

Test publishers and the users of standardized IQ and summary-score achievement tests have failed to consider the problems associated with testing the minority child. Since the results of these tests are used to determine the education, economic, and social future of children, a harder look at the minority child's cultural background is essential.…

This bulletin attempts to explain the use and limitations of regularly the process of selecting educational areas which should receive additional interpret adequately their meaning to parents and students. A companion publication "Understanding Testing Purposes and Interpretations for Pupil Development," also prepared by HEW, was issued in 1960. A…