"Intelligent" intelligence testing with the WJ IV Tests of Cognitive Ability #4: Evaluating within-CHC domain test score differences

Recently the following was posted to the CHC listerv.

"While working on an assessment this morning, I found another example of Verbal Attention as a measure of Gwm being discordant from other measures of short-term and working memory: 

18 year old with high functioning autism and LD:
WAIS IV FSIQ = 84; WJ IV GIA = 81
WJ IV Verbal Attn - 91, Story Recall - 91, Vis Aud Learning - 76;
(Gc-73, Gf-94, Gv-121, Ga- 61, Gs-82)
WAIS-IV DSF-3, DSB - 7, DSS - 6, Arith - 4
CTOPP 2 Phonol Memory - 70; Rapid Naming - 52  

Thoughts on the Verbal Attention score of 91?"

A number of members provided some good responses.  I have been working on a response, and this is installment #1.  The rest of the response, which gets into substantive hypotheses about why Verbal Attention may differ from other Gwm test scores, is almost done and will be posted (hopefully) by the end of this week.

I apologize for not continuing my "Intelligent" intelligence testing series...it has been a long time since the last post in that series.  Just busy busy busy.

Enjoy

PS.   By clicking on the "in" icon in the lower right corner of the control pane, one can reach a site to download the slides.  For those who want a crisp clear set of the slides in PDF, click on this link.

"Intelligent" intelligence testing: Evaluating wihtin CHC domain test score differences from Kevin McGrew

WJ III RPI and W-scores: New ASB explanatory report available

What are RPI (Relative Proficiency Index) and W-scores...how do they differ from standard scores?  Why are they the most educationally relevant scores provided by the Woodcock-Johnson III Battery [conflict of interest - I'm a coauthor of the WJ III].

Answers to these important questions are now available in ASB # 11:  Development, Interpretation, and Application of the W Score and the Relative Proficiency Index a new Assessment Service Bulletin available from Riverside Publishing.  The author of the ASB is Dr. Lynne Jaffe.  Click here to access the Riverside web page that lists ASB # 11 (and all prior ASB's).

As described at the Riverside web page:

• The purpose of this bulletin is to familiarize users of the WJ III with the development, interpretation, and application of the W score and the RPI. Specifically, this bulletin describes the levels of interpretive information available in the WJ III, explains the special characteristics and usefulness of the W scale, and describes how the RPI fits into the hierarchy of information used to interpret test results, including, the differences between the RPI and peer-comparison scores, the usefulness of the RPI in clarifying diagnostic profiles and designing interventions and considerations for using the RPI in view of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) 2004, and the use of the RPI in clinical research.

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