Comparison of Hispanic Children With and Without Limited English Proficiency on the Naglieri Nonverbal Ability Test

Hispanic children with ( n = 148) and without ( n = 148) limited English proficiency were given the Naglieri Nonverbal Ability Test (NNAT; J. A. Naglieri, 1997a ) and the Stanford Achievement Test-9th edition (SAT-9; 1995 ). The groups were selected from the NNAT standardization sample ( N = 22,620) and matched on geographic region, gender, socioeconomic status, urbanicity, and ethnicity. There was a very small difference ( d ratio = 0.1) between the NNAT standard scores for the children with limited English proficiency ( M = 98.0) and those without limited English proficiency ( M = 96.7). The NNAT correlated moderately and similarly with achievement for the 2 groups. The sample of children with limited English proficiency earned considerably lower scores on SAT-9 Reading and Verbal subtests. Results suggest that the NNAT may be useful for the assessment of Hispanic children with and without limited English proficiency.