Eighty-two children living in Taipei, Taiwan were tested with the K-ABC and several other instruments. Children were classified according to ethnic group (Asian or White) and whether they had lived in the United States. Data analyses indicate no significant differences based on the child's sex, language of the test administration, or ethnicity of the examiner. Children who had lived in the United States performed significantly higher on the achievement scale, but there were no differences on the mental processing scales. However, Asian children scored significantly higher than White children on the sequential processing scale of the K-ABC, a difference caused primarily by superior information processing of recalling numbers. Findings are discussed in terms of ethnic, environmental, cultural, and linguistic factors.
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