As a policy analyst/psychologist, during the 1970’s Dr. Paul Evans’ policy research for the State of South Carolina helped formulate operational definitions and guidelines for State compliance with Federal Education mandates, PL 94-142, and PL 93-380. His work was passed into law in seventeen states.
September 1, 1979, Presentation at the Eighty Seventh Annual Convention of The American Psychological Association, New York City, New York:
Psychological Dispositions Toward Coopertive-Competitive Interactive in Gifted Children, Presented at the Eighty Fifth Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, August 26, 1977. San Francisco, California
Invited Symposium: The Future of Educable Mental Retardation, Presented, November 1, 1980, American Psychological Association Annual Convention, Montreal, Canada.
Dr Paul Evans published extensive research on intelligence testing while at the South Carolina Department of Education and the University of Georgia.
A practitioner’s comparison: The 1972 Stanford-Binet and the WISC-R
Paul L Evans1, 2
1 Office of Programs for the Hndicapped, South Carolina State Dept. of Education, Rutledge office, Bldg., Columbia, South Carolina 29201
2 Professional Laboratory Experiences University of Georgia Athens, Georgia
First published: January 1976
Abstract
This paper compares the 1972 Norms Edition of the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale, Form LM, and the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children, Revised (1974), from a practitioner’s viewpoint The strengths and weaknesses of each instrument are explored in relation to (a) standardization data given in the manuals, (b) ease of administration and interpretation, (c) age-range limitations and finally, (d) the utility of both instruments as aids in prediction of academic success.
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