Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children

n. (WISC, WISC III) A set of tests for children from ages 6 to 16, devised to predict general capacity to learn and particularly the capacity to learn in standard American educational settings. The tests do not require the child to have the ability to read or write in order to complete the test. They yield verbal, performance, and full-scale IQs, as well as scores on subtests of general information, similarities, arithmetic, vocabulary, comprehension, memory for digits, picture completion, coding, arranging pictures in order to tell a story, block design, object assembly, mazes, symbol search, and indices of verbal comprehension, freedom from distractibility, perceptual organization, and a processing speed factor.