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Validity of the K‐ABC for a black preschool population
Author(s) -
Krohn Emily J.,
Lamp Robert E.,
Phelps Cynthia G.
Publication year - 1988
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(198801)25:1<15::aid-pits2310250104>3.0.co;2-j
Subject(s) - psychology , construct validity , convergent validity , test validity , population , intelligence quotient , criterion validity , developmental psychology , scale (ratio) , sample (material) , psychometrics , cognition , demography , psychiatry , internal consistency , chemistry , physics , chromatography , quantum mechanics , sociology
The validity of the Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children (K‐ABC) was investigated with a sample of Black low SES preschool children. The sample consisted of 38 Black children who were enrolled in a Head Start program. The Stanford‐Binet Intelligence Scale (SB‐LM) was used as a criterion against which to compare K‐ABC scores. While some support was obtained for the convergent and construct validity of the K‐ABC, the results of this study suggest it may be no more culture fair for Black preschool children than is the SB‐LM.