Table 4.
Published reliability data for key constructs in the assessment protocol
| Child development/disorder | Measure | coefficient alpha (internal consistency) | short-term test-retest | inter-rater reliability |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Cognitive Ability | WISC-IV-INT Full Scale IQ | .97 | .93 | |
| Receptive language | PPVT-III | .92–.98 | .90 | |
| CELF-4 Word Classes-Receptive | .82 | .83–.91 | ||
| Auditory and visual memory | WISC-IV-INT Digit Span Fwd and Spatial Span Fwd | .87 | .83 | |
| CMS Stories | .80 | |||
| CMS Faces | .80 | |||
| Executive Functioning | DKEFS Trail Making | .57–.79 | ||
| DKEFS Verbal Fluency | .68–.81 | |||
| DKEFS Color-Word Interference | .62–.70 | |||
| Logon Stop Task | .90 | |||
| WISC-IV-INT Digit Span Backward and Spatial Span Backward. | .87 | .83 | ||
| Fine Motor | Grooved Peg Board | .86 | ||
| Reading | WJ-III Letter Word Identification | .94 | ||
| WJ-III Word Attack | .87 | |||
| WJ-III Spelling | .95 | |||
| GORT-4 | .91–.97 | .78–.95 | ||
| Nelson Denny | .88–.95 | |||
| ADHD/Externalizing behavior | MAGIC ADHD present | .97 | ||
| MAGIC ADHD past | .96 | |||
| MAGIC endorsement of 18 Criterion A symptoms | .97 | |||
| Conners Parent | .83–.91 | |||
| Conners Teachers | .88–.94 | |||
| CBCL combined for males and females | .84 | .89 | ||
| CBCL for mother-father report on females | .65–.69 | |||
| CBCL for mother-father report on males | .72–.75 | |||
| CBCL TRF | .72–.95 |
Note. WISC-IV-INT: Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (Short Form); PPVT-III: Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test-III; CELF-4: Clinical Evaluation of Language CMS: Children’s Memory Scale; DKEFS: Delis Kaplan Executive Function System; Logan: Logan Stop Task; Fundamentals-Fourth Edition; WJ-III: Woodcock Johnson-III; GORT: Gray Oral Reading Test – Fourth edition; CBCL: Child Behavior Checklist; TRF: Teacher’s Report Form