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Kuhlmann-Anderson Tests: K-12 spanning group test

Group intelligence test covering grades 1 through 12 - one of the first batteries to span the full K-12 range with grade-specific subtests. Frederick Kuhlmann had earlier produced a Binet revision; Anderson was a school psychologist who helped adapt his work for group administration.

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About the Kuhlmann-Anderson Tests

Most early American intelligence tests covered a narrow grade range. The Otis Primary covered grades 1-4; the Otis Advanced covered grades 4-8 and high school. The National Intelligence Tests covered grades 3-8. School districts that wanted to track cognitive development across the entire K-12 range had to use multiple incompatible tests.

The Kuhlmann-Anderson was designed to solve this by providing eight grade-specific tests, each with appropriately-leveled items but using a consistent scoring scale so that results could be compared across grades. The youngest level (grade 1) used picture items administered with examiner instructions; the higher levels were entirely paper-and-pencil multiple choice.

The Kuhlmann-Anderson was widely used in US schools through the 1940s and 1950s. It was particularly popular for longitudinal studies of cognitive development because of its uniform scoring scale across grade levels.

The 6 subtests

#1
Vocabulary Word definitions or synonyms.
Interactive
#2
Arithmetic Reasoning Word problems.
Interactive
#3
Verbal Analogies Standard A:B :: C:?
Interactive
#4
Sentence Completion Fill in the blank with the best word.
Interactive
#5
Number Series Continue the sequence.
Interactive
#6
Verbal Classification Pick the word that does not belong.
Interactive

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Sample items at the grade 6-7 difficulty level.

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About these items: These Kuhlmann-Anderson Tests items are originally-written reconstructions in the tradition of the original 1927 test, NOT verbatim copies of the historical items. Where the original is a 1-on-1 oral or physical-apparatus test (e.g., examiner shows a card, child draws a shape), we have adapted the format to self-administered multiple choice.

Source

All test materials and historical content on this page are transcribed from:

Kuhlmann, F. & Anderson, R. G. (1927). Kuhlmann-Anderson Tests of Mental Ability. Princeton, NJ: Personnel Press.

Kuhlmann had developed an earlier Binet revision (Kuhlmann 1922) used in clinical settings; the Anderson collaboration adapted it into a group-administered school test.

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