Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scales, Fifth Edition (SB-5)

Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scales, Fifth Edition (SB-5) Gale H. Roid

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  Purpose: an individually administered assessment of intelligence and cognitive abilities
  
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  Ages: 2.0 to 85+ years
  
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  Administration Time: Varies, approximately 5 minutes per subtest

SB-5 is a contemporary assessment with a rich tradition, which began in 1916 when Lewis Terman completed his American revision of the Binet Simon Scale (1905, 1908). Through various editions, this assessment has become widely known and is a acknowledged as the standard for intelligence measurement. The SB-5 is a valuable update to this well-established assessment.

The SB-5 blends many of the important features of earlier editions with significant improvements in psychometric design. It incorporates the use of two routing subtests in the point-scale format of the 1986 edition with the functional-level design of the 1916 to 1960 editions for the remaining subtests. Modern item response theory provides a strong psychometric foundation for the routing, subtest, and the functional-level design. By adapting the test of the functional level of the examinee, the routing procedure of the SB-5 increases the precision of measurement by tailoring the difficulty of the items to his or her level of cognitive functioning. The use of a hierarchical model of intelligence with a global g factor and several broad factors at a second level is repeated in this edition.

The SB-5 provides comprehensive coverage of five factors of cognitive ability:

– Fluid Reasoning – Knowledge – Quantitative Reasoning – Visual-Spatial Processing – Working Memory

UsesThe SB-5 may be used to diagnose a wide variety of developmental disabilities and exceptionalities and may also be useful in:

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  Clinical and neuropsychological assessment
  
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  Early childhood assessment
  
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  Psychoeducational evaluations for special education placements
  
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  Adult social security and workers’ compensation evaluations
  
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  Providing information for interventions such as IFPs, IEPs, career assessment, industrial selection, and adult neuropsychological treatment
  
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  A variety of forensic contexts
  
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  Research on abilities and apitude

Administration Testing begins in Item Book 1 with the routing subtests. The start points for two routing subtests in Item Book 1 are determined by age or estimated ability level. Nonverbal Fluid Reasoning routes to the appropriate difficulty level in Item Book 2 (Nonverbal), while Verbal Knowledge does so for Item Book 3 (Verbal). The remaining eight subtest (four nonverbal and four verbal) are then measured in Item Books 2 and 3.

SB-5 Complete Kit includes 3 Item Books, Examiner\’s Manual; Technical Manual; 25 Test Records; child card; layout card; and a plastic storage case containing a form board, 10 form board pieces, 9 green blocks, 12 counting rods, 30 sorting chips, spoon, pencil,. 3 plastic cups, and the following toys: cat, bird, duck, ball, car, and shoe, all in an atrative carrying case)