BETA - Third Edition (BETA-III)

Obtain a quick assessment of adults' nonverbal intellectual abilities with the group-administered Beta-III. Beta-III is easy to administer and score and is useful for screening large numbers of people for whom administering comprehensive test batteries would be time-consuming and costly. The test has a variety of occupational applications.

Beta-III is the latest revision of an instrument with a long and distinguished history. The original version was developed by the U.S. Army during World War I to assess the intellectual ability of illiterate recruits. In 1934, Kellogg and Morton revised it to make it suitable for civilian and clinical use.

Beta-III has a variety of applications (eg industrial organisations hiring large numbers of workers, counselling) and can be used with ESL individuals as no reading is required.

Beta-III was validated using other well known tests including WAIS-III and Raven's Standard Progressive Matricies.

Various Applications

The test has a variety of occupational and educational applications. Appropriate uses include prison systems assessing the intellectual ability of inmates, companies evaluating the employment readiness of potential new hires, and vocational schools determining placement of students.