The long term predictive validity of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC) and the Bender Visual Motor Gestalt Test for Children, when used for the educational placement of exceptional students, was investigated. In 1971, 225 learning disabled elementary school students were tested on the WISC and the Bender. The students were between six and seven years old at the time of the first testing. Group IQ, reading and math grade equivalent scores, and educational placement data were collected on 104 of the subjects in 1976. WISC and Bender scores were regressed against math, reading and group IQ data. A discriminant function analysis was conducted to determine the usefulness of the original test score data in predicting present educational placement of the exceptional students. The results of the analyses were mixed, and suggest that caution should be taken in the use of early test score data to make educational decisions regarding the placement of individual students. The usefulness of the early test scores in making long range educational plans and administrative decisions is discussed. (Author/BW)