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Hart, Sara A.; Petrill, Stephen A.; Thompson, Lee A.; Plomin, Robert – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2009
The goal of this first major report from the Western Reserve Reading Project Math component is to explore the etiology of the relationship among tester-administered measures of mathematics ability, reading ability, and general cognitive ability. Data are available on 314 pairs of monozygotic and same-sex dizygotic twins analyzed across 5 waves of…
Descriptors: Twins, Reading Fluency, Problem Solving, Genetics
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Dell, Cindy Ann; Harrold, Barbara; Dell, Thomas – Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin, 2008
The Wide Range Achievement Test-Fourth Edition (WRAT4) is designed to provide "a quick, simple, psychometrically sound assessment of academic skills". The test was first published in 1946 by Joseph F. Jastak, with the purpose of augmenting the cognitive performance measures of the Wechsler-Bellevue Scales, developed by David Wechsler.…
Descriptors: Sentences, Spelling, Psychological Evaluation, Academic Achievement
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Jensen, Arthur R. – Journal of Genetic Psychology, 1977
A short critique of a 1974 monograph. (MS)
Descriptors: Black Youth, Cultural Influences, Evaluation, Intelligence Tests
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Smith, Margot Wiesinger – Journal of Genetic Psychology, 1977
A reply to a critique of an earlier paper by this author. (MS)
Descriptors: Black Youth, Cultural Influences, Evaluation, Intelligence Tests
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Salvia, John; And Others – Psychology in the Schools, 1975
Inspection of the 1972 revised norms for the Stanford-Binet demonstrate that the average mental age for a particular chronological age (CA) no longer numerically corresponds to that CA. Thus, mental ages derived from the test cannot any longer be interpreted as mental ages. A table of test ages based on the 1972 norms is provided. (Author)
Descriptors: Age, Intelligence, Intelligence Tests, Measurement Techniques
Severson, Roger A. – 1970
This report discusses the practical problems encountered in a longitudinal study now in its fourth year, where the focus has been the early identification of later learning disorders. The general goal was the identification of tests with the characteristics of high reliability, low cost, short time to administer, low demand on scoring…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Diagnosis, Intelligence Tests, Learning Problems