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The Boehm Test of Basic Concepts as a predictor of academic achievement in grades 2 and 3
Author(s) -
Steinbauer Erika,
Heller Marc S.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
psychology in the schools
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.738
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 1520-6807
pISSN - 0033-3085
DOI - 10.1002/1520-6807(197807)15:3<357::aid-pits2310150308>3.0.co;2-6
Subject(s) - test (biology) , psychology , academic achievement , achievement test , mathematics education , developmental psychology , association (psychology) , test score , standardized test , paleontology , psychotherapist , biology
Ninety‐four second‐ and third‐graders from a suburban New Jersey school who had taken the Boehm Test of Basic Concepts as kindergarteners were given the Stanford Achievement Test, Form W. The obtained grade scores in each subject area as tested by the Stanford were then correlated with the Boehm Test scores. The resulting coefficients indicated a strong association between deficiencies in early concept mastery as measured by the Boehm Test of Basic Concepts and academic achievement in the second and third grades. These results therefore support the use of the Boehm Test of Basic Concepts as an early predictor of school achievement.