title: [Do Current German-Language Intelligence Tests Take into Consideration the Special Needs of Children with Disabilities?].
abstract: Do Current German-Language Intelligence Tests Take into Consideration the Special Needs of Children with Disabilities? A review of 23 German intelligence test manuals shows that test-authors do not exclude the use of their tests for children with disabilities. However, these special groups play a minor role in the construction, standardization, and validation of intelligence tests. There is no sufficient discussion and reflection concerning the issue which construct-irrelevant requirements may reduce the validity of the test or which individual test-adaptations are allowed or recommended. Intelligence testing of children with disabilities needs more empirical evidence on objectivity, reliability, and validity of the assessment-procedures employed. Future test construction and validation should systematically analyze construct-irrelevant variance in item format, the special needs of handicapped children, and should give hints for useful test-adaptations.
authors.forename: Manfred
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mickley
authors.forename: Gerolf
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Renner
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002658:Developmental Disabilities / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology*; D019988:Children with Disabilities / Q000523:psychology*; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology*; D007361:Intelligence Tests / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008370:Manuals as Topic; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012016:Reference Values; D015203:Reproducibility of Results
keywords: Intelligenztestung; Testfairness; behinderte Kinder; children with disabilities; intelligence testing; test fairness