Developmental Assessment

Kaufmann Brief Intelligence TestK-BIT

Available from Pearson Assessments

pearsonassessments@pearson.com

Purpose

• Obtain a quick estimate of intelligence

• Estimate an individual’s verbal versus nonverbal intelligence

Two Distinct Abilities

• Verbal Scale

• Nonverbal Scale/ Matrices

Verbal Skills

• Measure a persons knowledge of word meanings

• Verbal concept formation, reasoning ability, and range of general information.

Non-Verbal/Matrices

• Solve novel problems

• Emphasizes inductive reasoning and visual processing

• Taps executive functioning to solve problems

General Information

• Ages: 4 years through 90

• Administration Time: approximately 20 minutes

Scores

Verbal

Nonverbal

Composite

Standard IQ scores M = 100, SD = 15and percentile ranks by age<

Item 6

Item 60

Riddles

Riddles

Sample A

Matrices Item 21

Matrices Item 39

Summary Scores

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