Stanford-Binet test

American  

[stan-ferd-bi-ney] / ˈstæn fərd bɪˈneɪ /

noun

Psychology.

1. a revised version of the Binet-Simon scale, prepared at Stanford University for use in the U.S.

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Stanford-Binet test British  

/ ˈstænfədbɪˈneɪ /

noun

1. psychol a revision, esp for US use, of the Binet-Simon scale designed to measure mental ability by comparing the performance of an individual with the average performance for his age group See also Binet-Simon scale intelligence test

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Etymology

Origin of Stanford-Binet test

1916; named after Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, and A. Binet

Example Sentences

From there Ophelia took the Stanford-Binet test - used to assess children from the age of two on areas such as spatial awareness and verbal and logic skills.

From BBC

Results included physical growth charts, norms for skeletal growth and tooth eruption, the Stanford-Binet test of mental development, the California mental and motor development scales.

From New York Times