Factor Similarities Between Traditional Psychoeducational and Neuropsychological Test Batteries

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Abstract
Psychoeducational test scores from the clinical records of 360 children were factor analyzed and the results compared to factors cited in the literature as characterizing formal published neuropsychological test batteries such as the Halstead-Reitan and the Luria-Nebraska. The psychoeducational battery yielded five factors: Language, Academic Achievement, Visual Spatial, Attention and Memory, and Motor Speed. It was concluded that traditional psychoeducational test batteries could yield brain-behavior information similar to the neuropsychological batteries and might thus serve a legitimate screening function, enabling the psychoeducational specialist to provide relevant information to the neuropsychologist in referrals.