DOES HOME ADD TO THE PREDICTION OF CHILD INTELLIGENCE OVER AND ABOVE SES

The most frequently used measure of the educational stimulation provid ed by the child's home environment is socioeconomic status (SES). Beca use SES is a global measure, researchers have developed measures that provide more detailed information. One of these is the Home Observatio n for Measurement of the Environment (HOME), (Caldwell & Bradley, 1984 ). Our research examined whether HOME adds to the predictability of ch ild intelligence beyond that provided by SES. Subjects were 121 3-year -olds, Black and White, who were administered the fourth edition of th e Stanford-Binet and the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test-Revised. HOME and Hollingshead SES scores were obtained at age 2. HOME added to the predictability of intelligence over and above that provided by SES fo r the total group of children and for White children but not for Black children. The predictive utility of HOME also depended on the type of intelligence test being used.