/ Government of Western Australia
Department of Education and Training
West Coast Education District

WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE FOR CHILDREN

FOURTH EDITION (WISC-IV) Australian Adaptation

NAME: ______

SEX: _____ YEAR:_____ PREFERRED HAND: ______
SCHOOL: ______
EXAMINER: ______
VERBAL COMPREHENSION INDEX: ______

PERCEPTUAL REASONING INDEX: ______

WORKING MEMORY INDEX: ______
PROCESSING SPEED INDEX: ______
FULL SCALE IQ: ______

DESCRIPTION OF WISC-IV SUB-TESTS

Verbal Comprehension Index Subtests / Scaled Scores / Perceptual Reasoning Index Subtests / Scaled Scores
(Between 8 & 12 is average) / (Between 8 & 12 is average)
1.  SIMILARITIES
Child finds a shared characteristic between two concepts. Draws on verbal - categorical reasoning and concept formation. / 1.  BLOCK DESIGN
Child re-creates designs with coloured blocks.
Draws on visual perception & organisation, along with visual-motor coordination.
2.  VOCABULARY
Child describes definitions of some words.
Draws on mental lexicon and verbal concept formation. / 2.  PICTURE CONCEPTS
Child chooses two pictures from a larger group that have a common characteristic. Draws on abstract and categorical reasoning ability.
3.  COMPREHENSION
Child answers questions on general principles and social situations. Draws on social judgement and maturity. / 3.  MATRIX REASONING
Child looks at an incomplete matrix of patterns and finds the missing part. Draws on fluid intelligence and general intellectual ability.
4.  INFORMATION
Answering questions on general knowledge.
Draws on long-term memory (crystallized intelligence). / (______) / 4.  PICTURE COMPLETION
Child identifies the missing part of a picture.
Draws on visual perception, concentration, and recognition of essential details. / (______)
5.  WORD REASONING
Child guesses a word after being given clues.
Draws on ability to process different concepts (clues) and then generate an alternative concept. / (______)
Working Memory Index Subtests / Scaled Scores / Processing Speed Index Subtests / Scaled Scores
1.  DIGIT SPAN
Child repeats a string of numbers forwards and backwards. Draws on short-term auditory memory, working memory. Attention span, sequencing skills
/ 1.  CODING
Child quickly copies simple symbols.
Draws on short-term visual memory, visual-motor coordination, attention & concentration.
2.  LETTER-NUMBER SEQUENCING
The task involves sequencing, mental manipulation, attention, short-term auditory memory, visual-spatial imaging, and processing speed. / 2.  SYMBOL SEARCH
Child quickly scans for a target symbol within a group. Draws on short-term visual memory, visual-motor coordination & discrimination and concentration.
3.  MENTAL ARITHMETIC
Draws on short-term auditory memory, working memory, mathematical ability and concentration / (______) / 3.  CANCELLATION
Child scans structured and unstructured arrangements of pictures and marks target pictures within a time limit. The task requires visual selective attention and processing speed. / (______)
/ Government of Western Australia
Department of Education and Training
West Coast Education District

WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE FOR CHILDREN

FOURTH EDITION (WISC-IV) Australian Adaptation

NAME: ______
SEX: _____ YEAR:_____ PREFERRED HAND: ______
SCHOOL: ______
EXAMINER: ______
SUBTEST SCALED SCORES PROFILE
Subtests / Very Low / Average Range / Very High
1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10 / 11 / 12 / 13 / 14 / 15 / 16 / 17 / 18 / 19
Verbal Comprehension
Index / Similarities / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / .
Vocabulary / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / .
Comprehension / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / .
(Information) / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / .
(Word Reasoning) / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / .
Perceptual Reasoning
Index / Block Design / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / .
Picture Concepts / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / .
Matrix Reasoning / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / .
Picture Completion / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / .
Working Memory Index / Digit Span / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / .
Letter-Number Sequencing / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / .
(Arithmetic) / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / .
Processing Speed
Index / Coding / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / .
Symbol Search / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / .
(Cancellation) / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / .

COMPOSITE SCORE PROFILE

Extremely Low / Borderline / Low Average / Average / High Average / Superior / Very Superior
%ile 1 / 5 / 10 / 20 / 30 / 40 / 50 / 60 / 70 / 80 / 90 / 99