Illustrates kinds of intelligence tests, discussing factors indicating intelligence: genetics, reaction time, latency and amplitude, and variability. Lists the advantages and disadvantages of the intelligence tests mentioned. (CI)

The article discusses the many positive aspects of using intelligence tests in gifted assessment, including the ability to accurately predict academic and everyday success, the outstanding psychometric properties of intelligence tests, and the utility of intelligence tests in identifying giftedness in handicapped children, underachievers, and…

The author provides an historical review of how he came to construct the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS). Concepts underlying the WAIS are related to prior work in psychometrics. (RD)

Discusses the pros and cons of using aptitude/IQ tests with preschoolers to predict later school performance. Condensed from "Early Years," April 1981, pp24-25. (SJL)

The author reviews and expands the work of J. Boyd (EC 062 111) on the use of the Slosson Intelligence Test scored according to Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children categories for children who may need special education. (CL)

An argument that Binet must be regarded as a major theoretician of functional intelligence and should be considered for what is regarded as classical intelligence theory is advanced. A discourse on Binet's theory, its intellectual context and the developments it fostered is given. (JL)

Psychometric g is by far more highly correlated with all tests conventionally called "IQ," cognitive abilities, and the like, than any other single factor or combination of other factors independent of g. Researchers must now examine the nature of psychometric g, including its causal underpinnings. (LMO)

This is an introductory comment by the organizer of the 1986 symposium of the National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME). The symposium was organized as a memorial to the late Roger Lennon, former president of NCME and a scholar in the field of educational measurement. (JAZ)

Accuracy, interpretability, and user friendliness are some of the relevant criteria used to determine the comparative worthwhileness of three computer programs designed for interpreting the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised. (Author/ABB)

The author answers Terman's allegations. He states that, while he honestly thinks that there is a considerable future for mental testing, it is also a field that could be dangerous if the people in positions of leadership are "loose-minded." (CT)

This article describes the author's courtroom experience as a witness for the defense in the Larry P. v. Wilson Riles case; provides excerpts of the testimony and cross-examination; and makes suggestions for individuals who may testify as expert witnesses. (Author/BW)

Argues that despite aberrations, false starts, misapplications, and unfortunate crystallizations of methods and interpretations, the differential psychology of cognitive abilities is an important part of psychological knowledge about human beings. (Author/GC)

Discusses Bauman's (1991) evaluation of stability of Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (Revised) IQs in children with learning difficulties. Argues that some procedures produced magnified estimates of instability. Presents reanalysis of data that suggests that, although stability coefficients were high, approximately 25 percent of sample…

D. K. Detterman and M. H. Daniel's recognition (1989) that intertest correlations for intelligence quotient (IQ) might not be uniform across the range of ability (and age) was anticipated by C. E. Spearman (1904). Detterman and Daniel appear to have rediscovered Spearman's suggested law of diminishing returns. (SLD)

Suggests that federal definition of learning disabilities is wrong and represents politically expedient decisions rather than fundamental knowledge about psychology and education. Discusses why federal definition is erroneous. Offers seven recommendations to change the current system of identification and instruction of students with learning…