Stability of the WISC-R V-P Discrepancy at Learning Disabled Children's Triannual Reevaluation

Abstract

stability of WISC-R Verbal-Perforal reevaluation of 71 learnresults revealed a slight nce, with a correlation acerpancy scores.atation of the V-P ample was obre best to beracterInasmuch as the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised (WISC-R) (Wechsler, 1974) is the psychodiagnostic test most frequently used by school psychologists, it is surprising to find how little information is available about its stability over time. This issue is even more critical to the current practice of school psychology because PL 94-142 mandates triannual reevaluations of all students receiving services in learning disabled (LD) programs.It is known that over a short period of time (1 month) WISC-R scores of nonreferred children increase due to a practice effect: the Verbal IQ (VIQ) increases an average of 3.5 points, and the Performance IQ (PIQ) increases an average of 9.5 points (Kaufman, 1982). Smith (1978), however, reports that over a 7-month period (October to May), the VIQ was unchanged and the PIQ increased an average of only 4.1 points in a sample of students enrolled in LD programs. Stability of the VIQ and Correspondence should be addressed to Michael Furlong at the University of California, Graduate School of Education, Santa Barbara, CA 93106. The authors thank the Editor and several anonymous reviewers for their helpful suggestions.

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