Quick Test Alternate-form Reliability for Rural Mountain Children and Youth with Learning Problems

Abstract

This study investigated the reliability of the Quick Test Forms 1 and 3 for children and youth who exhibited learning problems; 40 subjects (28 males and 12 females) from rural mountain areas of North Carolina and Tennessee. Pearson's product-moment correlations were computed for raw scores and estimated IQs. Alternative-form reliability as determined by rs was .91 ( P < .01), with a correlation of .76 ( p < .01) between forms. Higher correlations were found for older children (.88) than for younger children (.68). Implications for testing rural children with the Quick Test are discussed.