Other Individual Tests of Ability in Education and Special Education

Question 1

_____ Neonatal Assessment Scale (BNAS). The BNAS is an individual test for infants between 3 days and 4 weeks of age. It purportedly provides an index of a newborn’s competence.

Answer 1

Brazelton

Question 2

_____ Developmental Schedules (GDS). One of the leading infant intelligence measures from the 1930s through the 1960s, the Gesell scale continues to be used by those interested in assessing infant intelligence and assessing infants with autism

Answer 2

Gesell

Question 3

_____ Scales of Infant Development–Second Edition (BSID-II). Revised in 1994, the BSID-II, or Bayley-II, was designed for infants between 1 and 42 months of age; it produces two main scores (mental and motor) and numerous ratings of behavior.

Answer 3

Bayley

Question 4

_____ Infant Intelligence Scale (CIIS). Designed as a downward extension of the Stanford-Binet scale for infants and preschoolers between 2 and 30 months of age, the Cattell scale purports to measure intelligence in infants and young children

Answer 4

Cattell

Question 5

_____ Scales of Children’s Abilities (MSCA). A product of the early 1970s, the McCarthy Scales of Children’s Abilities (MSCA) measure ability in children between 2 1⁄2 and 8 1⁄2 years old. Overall, the McCarthy scales comprise a carefully constructed individual test of human ability.

Answer 5

McCarthy