One of the major responsibilities of school psychologists is assessment, one goal of which is to provide services for children who need assistance in meeting the demands of the student role. Mercer (1977) points out that the student role includes two dimensions (social and cognitive), that student success depends upon progress in both dimensions, and that both dimensions need to be assessed. Traditionally, school success has been measured primarily in terms of achievement. Until recently there have been few measures of the social dimension. Mercer and Lewis' Adaptive Behavior Inventory for Children (ABIC) is a new scale which does assess children's social development through subscales reflecting six social spheres: family, community, peers, school, earner/consumer, and self-maintenance. Inter-correlations between the WISC-R, ABIC, and achievement can fruitfully be examined in the light of racial-ethnic groups and socioeconomic status. (Author)