Analysis indicated that the Purdue Perceptual Motor Survey and the Santa Clara Inventory targeted virtually the same student population. Thus the two tests were similar in discriminating levels of readiness necessary for successful academic performance. Further, both developmental tests were moderately correlated with the teachers' ranking for first grade placement. Kindergarten students from Philomath Elementary School, Philomath, Oregon, participated in the study, 26 5-yr.-old males and 38 5-yr.-old females.
