Use of freedom from distractibility and processing speed to assess children's test-taking behaviors

Scores from the Guide to the Assessment of Test-Session Behavior together w ith those from the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Third Edition ( WISC-III) acquired from a random sample of 640 children were used to test K aufman's hypothesis that WISC-III Freedom From Distractibility and Processi ng Speed scores will be lower than those from their corresponding factors ( i.e., Verbal Comprehension and Perceptual Organization) when children displ ay inappropriate test-taking behaviors. This hypothesis was not supported. Clinicians are encouraged to rely on behavioral indices other than WISC-III scores when forming judgments about the suitability of children's test-tak ing behaviors. (C) 2000 Society for the Study of School Psychology. Publish ed by Elsevier Science Ltd.