THE AVOM : A MODEL-DERIVED, AGE-LIMITED, AND
MODALITY-RELATED TEST OF INTELLECTUAL FUNCTIONING'
ROBERT w. WILDMAN, I I ~AN D LUCIANO L'ABATE
Georgia State Unwmsity
The ments tatue of intellectual assessment is reviewed. Traditional psycho-
metric techniques are criticized for yielding only a single score that purportg
to measure the individual's intellectual ability. Such a unified score gives no
indication of what specific deficit is present, nor does it suggest a strategy
for remedi
