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Schwartz, Robert H.; Cook, John J. – Education and Training of the Mentally Retarded, 1971
The premise that mental age is not a valid standard by itself for educational placement was explored. (CD)
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Research, Intelligence Quotient, Intelligence Tests, Mental Retardation
Peer reviewedKagan, Jerome – Social Policy, 1977
This article tackles the debate on general intelligence tests versus specific skills assessment as predictors of academic performance. In a Minneapolis study, a wide range of tests were given to 355 preschoolers. Results from a test assessing early reading skills more closely predicted actual third grade reading achievement than did results from…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Educational Assessment, Intelligence Tests, Performance Tests
Peer reviewedSaigh, Philip A. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1981
Moderate correlations were observed between the grade point average and nonverbal battery IQ scores of the Lorge Thorndike Intelligence Test administered to 27 elementary school students representing 12 countries during their first semester at a private American school overseas. Reasons are cited for additional research needs in the United States…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Foreign Students
Download full textAvant, Anna H.; O'Neal, Marcia R. – 1986
A public school district in Alabama uses the Otis Lennon School Ability Test (OLSAT) in place of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (Revised) (WISC-R) as a screening device for students who are referred for possible special education placement. To determine the relationship between the two tests, Pearson product moment correlation…
Descriptors: Correlation, Diagnostic Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted
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
Stone, Brian J.; Jeffrey, Sharon L. – 1991
The Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised (WISC-R) and Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children (K-ABC) were used to predict achievement (measured by the Stanford Achievement Test) for 200 students with mild handicaps, in grades K through 6 in a rural western school district. Males scored significantly higher than females for every…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Females
Peer reviewedPalmer, Douglas J.; And Others – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1989
A sample of 236 elementary-level Black, Hispanic, and Anglo pupils, referred or nonreferred for learning disabilities, were assessed with the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised and the Kaufman-Assessment Battery for Children cognitive and achievement scales. Results showed that referral status, ethnicity, and language proficiency…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Anglo Americans, Black Students, Elementary Education
Sax, Gilbert – 1974
In the first section of this chapter the meanings of the terms "test,""measurement,""evaluation," and "standardization" are discussed. Because the purpose of this chapter is to relate published tests, particularly those that are norm-referenced, to their use in evaluation, the nature of norm-referenced tests and criterion-referenced tests are…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Admission Criteria, Criterion Referenced Tests, Curriculum Evaluation
