Predictive validity of two short-forms of the WPPSI: a 3-year follow-up study.
An equally weighted WPPSI short-form (Comprehension, Arithmetic, Block Design, and Picture Completion) was administered to 64 prekindergarten children, while a verbally weighted WPPSI short-form (Comprehension, Arithmetic, Block Design, and Vocabulary) was administered to 63 prekindergarten children. All subjects subsequently were administered school achievement tests at the end of the first- and second-grade years. Low, but significant correlations between the FSIQ and achievement test scores were obtained; the Arithmetic and Block Design subtests were the best subtest predictors of school achievement in grades one and two. The predictive validities of the two WPPSI short-forms were found to be essentially equivalent.
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D000124:Achievement; D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007360:Intelligence; D008297:Male; D011594:Psychometrics; D014888:Wechsler Scales / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*