Contemporary Intellectual Assessment: Theories, Tests, and Issues

Abstract

Despite its controversial history, intellectual assessment is an important part of a comprehensive psychoeducational or cognitive evaluation. Assessing intelligence offers insight into a test-taker's unique pattern of cognitive strengths and weaknesses and provides a psychometric basis for developing clinical hypotheses, recommendations, and treatment planning as part of a larger assessment protocol. This is why Contemporary Intellectual Assessment: Theories, Tests, and Issues (3rd ed.), edited by Drs Dawn P. Flanagan and Patti L. Harrison, will be a valuable resource for neuropsychologists conducting comprehensive evaluations. Furthermore, the book's scope, depth, and clarity will be useful to seasoned as well as more junior practitioners and graduate students. Contemporary Intellectual Assessment: Theories, Tests, and Issues (3rd ed.) is comprised of 36 chapters divided among six parts. The editors have selected authors with expertise in the theory, research, and practice of intellectual and cognitive assessment and with specialties in clinical psychology, neuropsychology, pediatrics, education, school psychology, developmental psychology applied psychometrics, and test publishing. While generally consistent with the scope of the second edition (Flanagan & Harrison, 2005), the third edition contains expanded content areas, updated research throughout, and several key improvements that will be appreciated by the reader, as detailed below.