The use of the PPST and intelligence tests in teacher education programs

Abstract

Thirty-one upper-division students from a midwestern university volunteered to take the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised, the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale: Fourth Edition, and the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test-Revised. Correlations were calculated between the scores on the three intelligence tests and these students' reading, mathematics, and writing scores from the Pre-Professional Skills Tests. Correlations between PPST Reading and the three intelligence tests ranged from .57 to .68; for PPST Mathematics, .40 to .70; and for PPST Writing, .31 to .63. The moderate correlations between PPST and the intelligence tests suggest that the scales of the PPST do not measure unique skills and abilities. The PPVT-R appears to be the best screening and verification instrument.