Stanford–Binet Intelligence Scales
an individually administered intelligence test that was revised from the original Binet–Simon Scale
The Stanford–Binet Intelligence Scales (or more commonly the Stanford–Binet) is an individually administered intelligence test that was revised from the original Binet–Simon Scale by Alfred Binet and Théodore Simon. It is in its fifth edition (SB5), which was released in 2003.
It is a cognitive-ability and intelligence test that is used to diagnose developmental or intellectual deficiencies in young children, in contrast to the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS). The test measures five weighted factors and consists of both verbal and nonverbal subtests. The five factors being tested are knowledge, quantitative reasoning, visual-spatial processing, working memory, and fluid reasoning. The Stanford–Binet test initiated the modern field of intelligence testing and was one of the first examples of an adaptive test.
Development
As discussed by Fancher & Rutherford in 2012, the Stanford–Binet is a modified version of the Binet–Simon Intelligence scale. The Binet–Simon scale was created by the French psychologist Alfred Binet and the French psychiatrist Théodore Simon. Due to the introduction of compulsory education at that time, questions were raised about children unfit for regular education, and a proposal was made to build boarding schools in asylums for them. Binet and Simon were part of a learned society that opposed the proposal and advocated the creation of remedial tracks in regular schools.
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