The predictive validity of the Standard Progressive Matrices(SPM) was examined with a sample of 212 sixth grade students and 214 seventh grade students. Correlation coefficients between the SPM and the California Achievement Tests of Reading, Language, and Mathematics ranged from .34 to .60. Those coefficients were similar in range and magnitude to those coefficients reported by the SPM Manual.
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