A new short form of the WISC-III was examined with a clinical adolescent sample (N = 30), and the short form estimate of WISC-III Full Scale IQ also served as the criterion for validating two brief cognitive measures, the Kaufman Functional Academic Skills Test (K-FAST) and the K-SNAP. Data supported the brevity of the WISC-III short form and the criterion-related validity of both the K-FAST and the Kaufman Short Neuropsychological Assessment Procedure (K-SNAP).
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