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Carvajal, Howard; Weaver, Kenneth A. – Diagnostique, 1989
Students in a midwestern public school gifted curricula (n=39) were tested using the Stanford-Binet (SB) Intelligence Scale: Fourth Edition. Correlations with scores from the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised and earlier SB scales were studied. Only the correlation between the SB verbal reasoning standard age scores and the Wechsler…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted
Eaves, Ronald C.; Subotnik, Rena – Diagnostique, 1989
Validity of the Cognitive Levels Test (CLT) was evaluated by correlating test scores of 48 gifted 10-year-olds with scores on the Stanford-Binet intelligence scale as preschoolers as well as with scores from the California Achievement Test. Results indicated high degrees of CLT validity in both measuring cognitive ability and predicting academic…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education, Gifted
Hilliard, Asa G., III – Diagnostique, 1989
This paper discusses applications of intelligence tests in schools, considering Binet's original warnings that his tests were primarily useful for identifying students needing intervention and inappropriate for classifying normal students. American applications of Binet's work for ranking are seen as stages of shifting from remedial to custodial…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted, Handicap Identification
Dunn, Caroline; And Others – Diagnostique, 1992
Fifty-seven primary-level students completed the Detroit Tests of Learning Aptitude-Primary: Second Edition (DTLA-P:2) and the Woodcock-Johnson Psycho-Educational Battery, Part I and II. A strong relationship between the two provides evidence for the criterion-related and construct validity of the DTLA-P:2 test scores. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Aptitude Tests, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Tests
Richardson, John C. – Diagnostique, 1989
This essay presents arguments in favor of continuing individualized intelligence testing in schools. Issues discussed include questions of validity in the concept of intelligence and its testing, ethical issues, legal issues, racial/minority and cultural issues, poor correlation between test results and teaching, and alternatives proposed by…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethics, Gifted
Taylor, Ronald L. – Diagnostique, 1990
The Woodcock-Johnson Psycho-Educational Battery-Revised is a set of tests designed to measure cognitive abilities, scholastic aptitude, and achievement in the areas of reading, mathematics, and written language, in individuals aged 2-95 years. This paper describes the test battery's administration, scoring, standardization, reliability, and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aptitude, Achievement Tests, Adults