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This comprehensive work provides information about theory and research on assessment of intellectual abilities and processes. Leading test authors, theorists, and scholars review the conceptual and research underpinnings of recent editions of intelligence tests, including the WISC-IV, KABC-II, SB5, and WJ III, and offer recommendations for interpretation.

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• I The Origins of Intellectual Assessment
• 1 The History of Intelligence Assessment
• 2 A History of Intelligence Test Interpretation
• II Contemporary and Emerging Theoretical Perspectives
• 3 Foundations for Better Understanding of Cognitive Abilities
• 4 The Three-Stratum Theory of Cognitive Abilities
• 5 Assessment Based on Multiple-Intelligences Theory
• 6 The Triarchic Theory of Successful Intelligence
• 7 Planning, Attention, Simultaneous, Successive (PASS) Theory: A Revision of the Concept of Intelligence
• 8 The Cattell/n-/Horn/n-/Carroll Theory of Cognitive Abilities: Past, Present, and Future
• III Contemporary and Emerging Interpretive Approaches
• 9 The Impact of the Cattell/n-/Horn/n-/Carroll Theory on Test Development and Interpretation of Cognitive and Academic Abilities
• 10 Information-Processing Approaches to Interpretation of Contemporary Intellectual Assessment Instruments
• 11 Advances in Cognitive Assessment of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Individuals
• 12 Issues in Subtest Profile Analysis
• 13 Linking Cognitive Assessment Results to Academic Interventions for Students with Learning Disabilities
• IV New and Revised Intelligence Batteries
• 14 The Wechsler Scales
• 15 Interpreting the Stanford/n-/Binet Intelligence Scales, Fifth Edition
• 16 The Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children--Second Edition and the Kaufman Adolescent and Adult Intelligence Test
• 17 Woodcock/n-/Johnson III Tests of Cognitive Ability
• 18 The Differential Ability Scales
• 19 The Universal Nonverbal Intelligence Test
• 20 The Cognitive Assessment System
• 21 Introduction to the Reynolds Intellectual Assessment Scales and the Reynolds Intellectual Screening Test
• V Use of Intelligence Tests in Different Populations
• 22 Use of Intelligence Tests in the Assessment of Preschoolers
• 23 Use of Intelligence Tests in the Identification of Giftedness
• 24 Psychoeducational Assessment and Learning Disability Diagnosis
• 25 Use of Intelligence Tests with Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Populations
• 26 A Comparative Review of Nonverbal Measures of Intelligence
• VI Emerging Issues and New Directions in Intellectual Assessment
• 27 Using Confirmatory Factor Analysis to Aid in Understanding the Constructs Measured by Intelligence Tests
• 28 Using the Joint Test Standards to Evaluate the Validity Evidence for Intelligence Tests
• 29 Intelligence Tests in an Era of Standards-Based Educational Reform