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Peer reviewedSmith, Teresa C.; Smith, Billy L. – Psychology in the Schools, 1986
WISC-R (Wechsler Intelligence Scale in Children-Revised) Verbal and Performance scores were correlated with WRAT-R Wide Range Achievement Test-Revised scores. The verbal score was found to predict reading, spelling, and arithmetic. The performance score did not add significantly to the predictions. Results were consistent with earlier studies.…
Descriptors: Children, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education, Intelligence Quotient
Christopher, James D.; And Others – 1986
A discriminant analysis was performed to ascertain what psycho-educational assessment variables made the greatest predictive contribution to the classification of high school students referred for Child Study Team evaluation. Thirty-nine students classified as learning disabled were compared to 47 classified as ineligible for special services.…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Discriminant Analysis, Educational Diagnosis, Evaluation Methods


