KBIT-2
Kaufman Brief Intelligence Test
The KBIT is a short IQ test. It gives a quick estimate rather than a full profile, so schools and programs often use it to screen children and decide who needs a longer test.
It has a verbal half, about words and riddles, and a nonverbal half, about picture patterns.
- Ages
- 4 to adult
- How it is given
- One-to-one, often by a school psychologist or trained examiner
- How long
- About 20 minutes
What it measures
- Verbal knowledge: word meanings and riddles
- Nonverbal reasoning: picture matrices, finding the piece that fits
What you can do
- Because the test is short, a tired or anxious morning shows more. A good night's sleep and an unhurried start matter.
- Read and talk about words; play guess-the-word riddle games.
- Try picture-pattern puzzles for fun.
Practice for the same skills
None of these is the KBIT-2. Each one builds a general skill it draws on, in a short, friendly format your child can try at home.
- Matrices-style practicePicture puzzles: find the piece that completes the pattern. No words, no clock. Kindergarten to Grade 8.Try it
- Word analogies lessonHow word pairs relate, step by step: a free lesson that builds vocabulary and verbal reasoning.Try it
- Sentence completion lessonChoosing the word that fits: a free lesson on reading for meaning and word knowledge.Try it
- NNAT practiceReasoning with shapes and colors only: no words and no numbers. Kindergarten to Grade 8.Try it
Practice the skills, not the test
These tests are given in person by a trained examiner, and their questions are kept private: publishers do not sell them to families, and nobody can lawfully offer the real items. Nothing on this site is taken from them.
Drilling a child on copies of the questions would not help either. A result is only meaningful if the questions are new to your child, so a rehearsed score can place them in a program that does not fit, and a psychologist may set it aside.
Other tests
- WISC-V
- WPPSI
- Stanford-Binet 5
- KABC-II
- RIAS-2
- WASI-II
- Woodcock-Johnson and WIAT
- Bracken (BSRA)
- SAGES-3
- Raven's
- Spatial Test Battery
- Torrance and CAP
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