The Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children (KABC) tends to show smaller African-American/white differences in scores than the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised (WISC-R) or the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scales. This is because the KABC was designed with a focus on minimizing cultural and linguistic biases.

Solved

The KABC

Question 39

Multiple Choice

The KABC

A) tends to show larger African-American/white differences than the WISC-R or Binet.
B) tends to show smaller African-American/white differences than the WISC-R or Binet.
C) is not appropriate for evaluating African-American children.
D) is not appropriate for evaluating white children.

Correct Answer: