Date of Award

Summer 1982

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science in Education (MSEd)

Committee Director

Sandra A. Rubin

Committee Member

Virginia K. Laycock

Committee Member

Jack E. Robinson

Call Number for Print

Special Collections; LD4331.E32H36

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to compare the performance of students being referred for special education services on the Woodcock-Johnson Tests of Cognitive Ability (WJTCA), Part One from the Woodcock-Johnson Psycho­ Educational Battery and the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised (WISC-R). A sample of 54 elementary students in grades one through six was randomly selected from a referral population for special education identification and services. The subjects were administered all subtests in the Woodcock-Johnson Tests of Cognitive Ability and the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children­ Revised within a three month period of time. The results indicated a significant relationship between the WJTCA and the WISC-R, thus supporting the concurrent validity of the WJTCA as a cognitive measure. Comparisons of mean full scale scores on the WJTCA and the WISC-R indicated no significant difference between the two tests as a function of sex or lower elementary versus upper elementary grouping. However, a significant sex inter­ action was derived from a greater discrepancy between the WJTCA and WISC-R for boys as compared to girls.

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DOI

10.25777/nnqf-7h69

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