Validation of the Spanish Version of the Woodcock-Johnson Mathematics Achievement Tests for Children Aged 6 to 13

  1. Diamantopoulou, S. 1
  2. Pina, V. 1
  3. Valero-Garcia, A.V. 1
  4. González-Salinas, C. 1
  5. Fuentes, L.J. 1
  1. 1 Universidad de Murcia
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    Universidad de Murcia

    Murcia, España

    ROR https://ror.org/03p3aeb86

Revista:
Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment

ISSN: 0734-2829

Año de publicación: 2012

Volumen: 30

Número: 5

Páginas: 466-477

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.1177/0734282912437531 SCOPUS: 2-s2.0-84866096520 GOOGLE SCHOLAR

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Resumen

This study validated the four mathematics tests of the Spanish version of the Woodcock-Johnson III (WJ-III) Achievement (ACH) battery for use in the first six grades of school in Spain. Developmental effects and gender differences were also examined. Participants were a normal population sample of 424 (216 boys) children aged 6 to 13 years. Results showed that the tests have good test-retest and internal reliability and good construct and criterion-related validity. Significant main effects of schooling were obtained with scores increasing across the six school grades, but scores between fourth and fifth graders did not differ significantly. Overall, boys scored higher than girls on all tests but the effect sizes of these gender differences were small (d ≤.12). © 2012 SAGE Publications.