'Stanford-Binet Test' measures

Concept

Standardized psychological and educational tests are grouped by the construct they are built to assess: intelligence (aptitude/cognitive) tests measure general reasoning, memory and problem-solving ability and yield an Intelligence Quotient (IQ); personality tests measure traits and temperament; and achievement or skill tests (such as a reading test) measure one specific learned skill.

Application

The Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scales — originally devised by Alfred Binet and Théodore Simon and later revised by Lewis Terman at Stanford University — is one of the oldest and most widely used individually-administered intelligence tests. It combines subtests of fluid reasoning, general knowledge, quantitative reasoning, visual-spatial processing and working memory into a single composite IQ score. So the Stanford-Binet Test measures intelligence.

Contrast

• personality — assessed by dedicated personality inventories such as the MMPI or the 16PF, not by the Stanford-Binet, which targets cognitive ability rather than traits.

• reading efficiency — assessed by narrow, skill-specific reading or achievement tests, whereas the Stanford-Binet's composite score spans several general cognitive domains, not one skill.

• None of the above — incorrect, since intelligence is exactly the construct the Stanford-Binet is designed to measure.