title: Correlations among WISC-R IQs and several measures of receptive and expressive language for children referred for Special Education.
abstract: For 42 children from rural north central Kansas school districts (27 boys, 15 girls) who were referred for Special Education testing, the WISC-R IQs (Full Scale, Verbal, and Performance), the means on the Expressive One Word Picture Vocabulary Test, the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test--Revised, and the Test of Language Development were recorded from the children's files. No sex differences on any variable were noted; all variables correlated (Pearson) significantly but varied in magnitude. This group of tests, being intercorrelated, can be used to collect information on children's academic, speech, and language abilities. Valid judgments can be made regarding children's academic abilities for school when multiple tests are administered by professional staff.
authors.affiliation: USD No. 393, Osborne, KS.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wiesner
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Beer
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007360:Intelligence; D007805:Language Development Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D007807:Language Tests / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008297:Male; D011594:Psychometrics; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D014825:Vocabulary; D014888:Wechsler Scales / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*