Abstract
This study reports the results of a survey of school psychologists in California and Illinois who were asked about their wishes and needs for the cognitive (IQ) tests they use. As a group, school psychologists would most like future cognitive tests to include validity data from studies of special education populations; wish to have multiple ability measures; would like a test based on information processing theory; would favor scores of verbal, nonverbal and abstract reasoning along with a measure of memory; want an easy-to-use manual and record form; and a test kit that is durable and portable. Differences in opinion between California and Illinois were few, but those that did exist could be explained by differences in regulations related to the outcomes of the well-known Larry P. and PACE court cases in the respective states.
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