Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children

Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children, short K- ABC, is an intelligence test for children from 2 years of age, 6 months and 12 years, 5 months, and by Nadeen L. Kaufman and Alan S. Kaufman, both former employees of David Wechsler, was developed in the years 1978 to 1979. The German translation is by P. Melchers and U. Preuss.

It consists of 16 subtests, is selected from those age-dependent. The initial task of each subtest is age-dependent. In addition, they have a termination criterion: if the performance of the subjects below a predetermined level, the sub-test is not processed further.

Each subtest is initially assigned to one of three scales: three subtests of the scale of individual holistic thinking ( SED ), seven of the scale, holistic thinking ( SGD), and six subtests of the skills scale. SED and SGD are averaged and give a measure of the intellectual capabilities of the child, which can be compared with the level of skills. Through this division, values ​​can be determined for Cattell's two - factor theory. These two factors are fluid intelligence and crystallized intelligence. The scales have a mean of 100 and a standard deviation of 15, therefore, the value for " intellectual skills " the intelligence quotient can equate. Additionally the non-verbal tests fit into another scale. This allows a further comparison, which makes it possible to determine the intelligence of children, which are, for various reasons, is useful to note less linguistic values ​​.

Later, Kaufman developed a test that makes the intelligence concept to the measurement in adolescents and adulthood applicable: the Kaufman test to measure intelligence for adolescents and adults.