TY - JOUR
AU - Oldridge, O.A.
AB - EDUCATIONAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL MEASUREMENT VOL. XXII, No. 4, 1962 THE CONCURRENT AND CONGRUENT VALIDITIES OF THE WIDE RANGE ACHIEVEMENT TEST KENNETH D. JAMES C. DOBSON HOPKINS, of Southern California University AND O. A. OLDRIDGE of British Columbia University The Wide Achievement Test was Background. Range (WRAT) in 1946. Because of data originally published inadequate regarding the test’s its and the un- validity, questionable norming procedures, substantiated claims of clinical offered its the &dquo;signs&dquo; by authors, test received unfavorable reviews. Since that time the generally test seems to have been authorities because of by ignored testing standard on these technical None of the texts inadequacies. testing, such as those or even mention by Cronbach, Anastasi, Thorndike, the test. The to have use; test, however, appears gained widespread the WRAT is listed as the second most used achievement frequently test in clinics It is used as a psychological (Sundberg, 1961). widely in test of school and clinics. reading by psychologists reading Why has the test this in of the gained acceptance by practitioners light on its information available and other technical inadequate validity deficiencies? The reasons seem to lie in the test’s to a applicability wide to its ease of ad- 
TI - The Concurrent and Congruent Validities of the Wide Range Achievement Test
JF - Educational and Psychological Measurement
DO - 10.1177/001316446202200418
DA - 1962-12-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/sage/the-concurrent-and-congruent-validities-of-the-wide-range-achievement-TqqwHuBwZF
SP - 791
EP - 793
VL - 22
IS - 4
DP - DeepDyve
ER -