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9 - The Theory of Successful Intelligence as a Basis for New Forms of Ability Testing at the High School, College, and Graduate School Levels

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 August 2012

By
Robert J. Sternberg
Edited by
James C. Kaufman
Robert J. Sternberg
Affiliation:
Tufts University
James C. Kaufman
Affiliation:
California State University, San Bernardino
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AN APPRECIATION

I first met Alan S. Kaufman in 1968 when I was 18 years old. I had gone to work in New York City as a research assistant in the Test Division at the Psychological Corporation. Kaufman was a high-level staff member. He was older than I was, but not by all that much! We had only brief and casual contact. I had no idea at the time that this man would become a one-man publishing industry. Perhaps that is an overstatement. Much of his work has been done with his wife, Nadeen, as well as other collaborators, including his son James, who many years later was to become one of my graduate students, and shortly afterward, another one-man publishing industry. It runs in the family.

If one were to ask who are the people who most have influenced and impacted ability testing, almost certainly Alfred Binet would be #1. David Wechsler would probably be #2. In my mind, Alan Kaufman would be #3. And in terms of productivity, he surpassed Binet and Wechsler relatively early in his career. Kaufman's career started with his writing books for psychologists to help them administer conventional standardized tests. He has continued to author and coauthor such books, even to the present day (e.g., Flanagan & Kaufman, 2004; Kaufman & Lichtenberger, 1999, 2005; Lichtenberger & Kaufman, 2003). But far more important than these books have been his tests, which have reshaped the industry (see Kaufman, Lichtenberger, Fletcher-Janzen, & Kaufman, 2005; Lichtenberger, Broadbooks, & Kaufman, 2005).

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Intelligent Testing
Integrating Psychological Theory and Clinical Practice
 , pp. 113 - 147
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2009

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