Concurrent Validity of the Standard Progressive Matrices for Hispanic and NonHispanic Seventh-Grade Students.

Powers, Stephen; Barkan, Jerry H.

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Publication Date: 1986

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Concurrent Validity of the Standard Progressive Matrices for Hispanic and NonHispanic Seventh-Grade Students.

Powers, Stephen; Barkan, Jerry H.

Psychology in the Schools, v23 n4 p333-36 Oct 1986

Correlations between the Standard Progressive Matrices test (SPM) and the California Achievement Test, Reading, Language, and Mathematics Tests were examined for 99 Hispanic and 93 non-Hispanic Caucasian seventh-grade students. All correlations were highly significant. Supports continued use of the SPM as a measure of nonverbal intellectual ability for Hispanic and non-Hispanic students. (Author/ABB)

Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Cognitive Ability, Concurrent Validity, Culture Fair Tests, Hispanic Americans, Junior High School Students, Junior High Schools, Middle Schools, Nonverbal Tests, Test Validity

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