Self-report measures of anxiety may present an objective, cost-effective method for identifying at-risk children experiencing chronic anxiety. The present study investigated the validity of two self-report anxiety measures (the Revised Children's Manifest Anxiety Scale and the Children's Anxiety Scale) for groups of Anglo-American, Mexican-American, and black students (total N = 444) in grades 1-3. Results indicated that both scales were minimally effective in identifying learning-disabled students and unsuccessful in identifying children with emotional handicaps. In predicting academic achievement, both scales had low, nonsignificant relationships with reading and mathematics performance for all three ethnic groups. Bias in the scales' predictive validity, as per the regression definition, was found to be nonexistent.
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