The IDS-2 is standardized in each language on children and adolescents ages 5-20 years. This comprehensive assessment can be used to identify and help to diagnose intellectual disabilities and learning disorders, as well as evaluating cognitive and motor skills, and emotional strengths and weaknesses.
The scientific basis of the IDS-2 has been explored in numerous research articles over the past decade, with a focus on the cognitive and developmental needs of children.
The IDS-2 has a modular design so that each assessment session covers the areas needed in an individual way. Testing times (approximate) are:
The IDS-2 is scored using the state-of-the-art continuous norming process via the online Hogrefe Testsystem (HTS). Scoring is free of charge (pricing is included with the printed test protocol) and no annual HTS license is required.
Continuous Norming allows for more precise calculations. The IDS-2 provides standardization data at one-month intervals, making printed booklets impossibly large. Hogrefe’s innovative NormViewer technology in HTS provides access to the calculated tables with just a few clicks.
Information on internal consistency and test-retest reliability is available in all languages. Studies are available on construct validity with various assessments (e.g. IDS, WIS-IV, M- ABC-2), on criterion validity (e.g. with school performance) and on differential validity (e.g. ADHD, autism spectrum disorder, intelligence impairment, exceptional talent) depending on the language.
Click the button below to view and download the complete list of IDS-2 international validity tables.
The IDS-2 has been standardized on children and adolescents aged 5:0 to 20:11 years in:
Development is in progress in Czech, Danish, Finnish, French, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, and Swedish.
The IDS-2 approach to intelligence uses the Cattell-Horn-Carroll theory. Covering verbal and abstract thinking, short and long-memory, and visual processing and processing speed, scores can be calculated using two, seven or fourteen subtests.
The IDS-2 is now available in UK English, Italian, Polish, Dutch and German, with additional adaptations due soon.
Our team is eager to help professionals around the world understand the IDS-2 at international and national conferences and meetings.