This study compared the performance of 90 fifth-grade students in Mexico City on the WISC-RM Escala de Inteligencia Revisada and the Pruebas de Habilidad Cognoscitiva from the Bateria Psicoeducativa Woodcock en Espanol. After controlling for differences in the scores that resulted from differences in the norming groups, the findings were similar to those of other studies performed with corresponding English Versions of these assessment instruments.
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