British Ability Scales, Third Edition.
BAS3
general conceptual ability (GCA); verbal ability; non-verbal reasoning ability; spatial ability; memory; processing speed; early educational attainment
- Provisionally grouped under
- Length and format
- Early Years Battery (6 core scales -> 3 clusters + GCA) and School Age Battery (cognitive scales); plus diagnostic and achievement scales. individually administered child cognitive subtests (verbal, numerical, figural materials) (performance/ability test)
- Language versions
- UK flagship; the US adaptation is the Differential Ability Scales (DAS-II); some other adaptations
- Licence
- copyrighted - commercial
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- Reference
- Elliott, C. D., & Smith, P. (2011). British Ability Scales, Third Edition (BAS3). London: GL Assessment.
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