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Content Validity of the WRAT and Grade Level Achievement of Primary Grade Students.
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Newville, Lynne; Hamm, Norman H. – Journal of School Psychology, 1985
Compared Wide Range Achievement Test (WRAT) arithmetic and reading performance of randomly selected primary grade children (N=70) in a suburban school district to grade placement in reading and math and text placement in reading. WRAT scores overestimated actual achievement in all grades tested. (Author/NRB)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Learning Disabilities, Mathematics Achievement, Predictive Validity
Relationship between the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test-Revised, Wide Range Achievement Test-Revised, and Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised.
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Smith, Teresa C.; And Others – Journal of School Psychology, 1991
Investigated relationship of Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test-Revised (PPVT-R) to academic achievement. PPVT-R was correlated with Wide Range Achievement Test-Revised and Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised. Findings from 181 elementary school children referred for special education evaluation suggest that the PPVT-R could be used to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Cautions in Interpreting WRAT Standard Scores as Criterion Measures of Achievement in Young Children.
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Grossman, Fred M. – Psychology in the Schools, 1981
The use of regression equations to predict the expected achievement levels of five- and six-year-old children on the Wide Range Achievement Test are discussed. Problems are found in identifying underachievement for children in the lower primary grades. Implications for the early identification of specific learning disabilities are described.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Diagnostic Tests, Early Childhood Education