Developmental Assessment
Kaufmann Brief Intelligence TestK-BIT
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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