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Moss, Pamela A. – Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice, 2016
The conventional focus of validity in educational measurement has been on intended interpretations and uses of test scores. Empirical studies of test use by teachers, administrators and policy-makers show that actual interpretations and uses of test scores in context are invariably shaped by local users' questions, which frequently require…
Descriptors: Test Validity, Evaluation Utilization, Educational Assessment, Scores
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Lansdell, Herbert; Donnelly, Edward F. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1977
Scores from 94 psychiatric and neurological patients on the 11 subtests of the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale and the Halstead-Reitan Category and Finger Tapping tests were used in a factor analysis. The Category Test is not particularly sensitive to all types of brain pathology. (Author)
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Intelligence Tests, Minimal Brain Dysfunction, Nonverbal Tests
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Resnick, Robert J. – Psychology in the Schools, 1977
It was concluded that the abbreviated WISC-R may be appropriate when intelligence is a question relative to candidacy for therapy or as a noncritical, general indication of intelligence when IQ classification is not important and/or assessment time is limited. (Author)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Intelligence Tests, Junior High Schools, Measurement Instruments