THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE WISC-III AND THE WRAT3 IN A SAMPLE OF RURAL REFERRED CHILDREN

The purpose of the present study was to examine the relationship betwe en the Wechsler Intelligence Test for Children-III and the Wide Range Achievement Test, 3rd Edition. The study investigated the scores of 37 children in a rural Arkansas school district who were referred for ev aluation because of academic difficulties. The children ranged in age from 6 to 16 years and included 35 Whites and 2 Blacks, with 22 males and IS females. The findings indicated that the WRAT3 correlations wit h the WISC-III ranged from .42 to .66. These findings are consistent w ith others on the general correlations between IQ and achievement test scores.