The relationships between Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Third Edition (WISC-III) and the Cognitive Assessment System (CAS) with the Woodcock-Johnson Tests of Achievement (WJ-III) were examined for a sample of 119 children (87 males and 32 females) ages 6 to 16. The sample was comprised of children who were referred to a specialty clinic…

Examined mean scores and predictive validity coefficients obtained from the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised (WISC-R), the Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children (K-ABC), and the Peabody Individual Achievement Test (PIAT). All three tests were administered to 35 Navajo children. Results supported general use of the K-ABC with…

Explored the relationship between the Revised Peabody Picture Vocabulary test (PPVT-R) and the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised (WISC-R) for a sample of 38 mentally retarded children. Found the PPVT-R correlated significantly with the WISC-R Verbal Performance and Full Scale IQ scores. (Author)

Explored the relationship between the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised (WISC-R) and the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test-Revised (PPVT-R) for 37 Native American children. The PPVT-R standard scores correlated significantly with the WISCR-R Verbal IQ, Performance IQ, and Full Scale IQ. The mean PPVT-R standard score was significantly…

Examined relationships among planning, attention, simultaneous, and successive (PASS) cognitive processing tasks for a sample of hearing-impaired students. Results demonstrated that the PASS model was supported for the sample of 96 students, age 8 to 16. Bolsters other exploratory factorial studies which have shown PASS tasks to be consistent with…

Critiqued Zarske, Moore and Petersen's article examining the factor structure of the WISC-R as a measure of general intelligence for learning disabled children. Suggests this conclusion doesn't follow from the factor analytic data. Presents the response of Zarske, Moore and Petersen. (Author/RC)