Assessing Black intelligence: National and international perspectives on standardization sample appropriateness

Abstract

In their article Use of translated and adapted versions of the WISC-V: Caveat emptor, McGill and colleagues (2020) provide an excellent overview of issues related to the translation of cognitive assessment instruments into other languages and cultures. From a practical perspective, the translation of a psychological measure for use with a different population than it was originally developed is a dif fi cult endeavor, given differences in culture and language. The authors place a speci fi c emphasis on model development and the structural validity of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children, 5th edition (WISC-V). More speci fi cally, the authors focus on the equating procedures used to validate the WISC-V Spanish and suggest that additional research is needed before it should be used. With that being said