Construct validity of the WISC-III for white and black students from the WISC-III standardization sample and for black students referred for psychological evaluation

School Psychology Review

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2001, Pages

  Kush, Joseph C ^a   Watkins, Marley W ^b   Ward, Thomas J ^c,d   Ward, Sandra B ^d   Canivez, Gary L ^e   Worrell, Frank C ^b  

^a DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c School of Education   (Israel)

^d The College of William and Mary   (United States)

^e EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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