This study of 60 special education children found that Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-III (WISC-III) scores correlated significantly and positively with the Wide Range Achievement Test-3 (WRAT-3). Correlations between the two tests were much higher than those reported in test manuals. Mean WISC-III scores were consistently higher than…

Comparison of Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC)-Revised and WISC III IQs for 64 students with specific learning disabilities and 55 students with mental retardation (MR) found that correlations were lower than those reported in the WISC-III manual. Only Performance IQs for students with MR matched the correlations reported in the…

Forty-eight preschool-age children were administered the Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children-Nonverbal Scale and the Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence (WPPSI) Performance Scale. Pearson product-moment correlations between the two scales ranged from .59 for a language-delayed group to .79 for the entire sample. Subjects…

Forty-five gifted children, ages 11-17, were tested with the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale and the Woodcock-Johnson Tests of Achievement. Results indicated 18 of 20 correlations between the area and composite scores were significant. The Stanford-Binet Short-Term Memory standard age score mean was lower than other scores' means. (Author/JDD)