Housed within its original "leatherette" suitcase which measures 15 inches x 10.75 inches x 4.25 inches, this 1960 Revision test kit appears to be nearly complete with all original test contents: test manual, small and large, printed, spiral-bound card materials, and its many assorted and varied manipulatives that are housed in individual divider boxes, some retaining the original covers! One manipulative, a small plastic chair, is broken although its broken pieces remain within the kit, and an extra, partially complete, Form Board is also present. The original plastic case handle remains although it was broken and re-glued at sometime previous to our ownership. At this point, the handle should be deemed as purely decorative and not for actual use. Discovered in Massachusetts, the assessment kit is presented for sale as found and has likely seen considerable use over the years! In perusing through its contents, one takes a fascinating walk through intelligence assessment history!

This 1960 Revision is the 3rd revision of this test which was first published in France in 1905 by the French psychologist, Alfred Binet, whom the French government commissioned with developing a method of identifying "intellectually deficient" children for their placement in special education programs. In 1916, at Stanford University, the psychologist, Lewis Terman, released a revised examination which became known as the "Stanford–Binet test". The development of the Stanford–Binet Intelligence Scales initiated the modern field of intelligence testing and was one of the first examples of an adaptive test. The 2nd revision of the test was published in 1937, and a selection of materials from the 1937 scale were deemed essential enough to be included in the 1960 Revision assessment.