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Peer reviewedRaven, John – Cognitive Psychology, 2000
Summarizes data related to the stability and variation in the norms for the Raven's Progressive Matrices Test (J. Raven, 1936), a measure of basic cognitive functioning, for different cultural, ethnic, and socioeconomic groups worldwide and within countries. Also considers variation over time and suggests an explanation for the variation in norms…
Descriptors: Change, Cognitive Tests, Ethnicity, Foreign Countries
Comparison of WIAT, DAB-2, and WISC-III Scores of Students Assessed for Exceptional Class Placement.
Download full textEmens, Rebecca; Sapp, Gary L.; Dorsey, Jeannene; Kohler, Maxie – 2000
Scores on the Wechsler Individual Achievement Test (WIAT), the Diagnostic Achievement Battery (DAB-2) and the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC-III), were compared for 58 students assessed for placement in exceptional education. Primary questions concerned (a) the relationships among WIAT, DAB-2, and WISC-III scores, (b) similarities…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Intelligence Tests, Racial Differences, School Psychology
Peer reviewedNeisser, Ulric; And Others – American Psychologist, 1996
As a response to recent public debate about the nature of intelligence, this article reviews the "state of the art" in the study of intelligence, exploring significant conceptualizations of intelligence, the use and interpretation of intelligence tests, racial or ethnic differences in intelligence, and major issues yet to be resolved.…
Descriptors: Ethnic Groups, Intelligence, Intelligence Differences, Intelligence Tests
Peer reviewedMercer, Walter – Educational Leadership, 1983
The high failure rate of Black prospective teachers in the southern states raises the challenge to change the quality of education for all Americans. (MLF)
Descriptors: Black Teachers, Educational Quality, Elementary Secondary Education, Minimum Competency Testing
Parker, Franklin – 1995
"The Bell Curve" by Richard J. Herrnstein and Charles A. Murray has ignited a fierce academic debate. They assert that IQ as measured by tests has replaced family wealth and status in determining jobs, income, class, and place in American life; that whites average 15 IQ points higher than blacks; and that high-IQ ruling elites, with…
Descriptors: Blacks, Equal Education, Genetics, Intelligence Quotient
