Binet and Simon originally developed their famous test to
A) identify children who might have difficulty in school.
B) identify gifted children.
C) measure the intelligence of adults.
D) measure the intelligence of normal children.
Answer: A
Rationale: In 1904, the French government created the Commission on the Education of Retarded Children. As part of this commission, Alfred Binet and Theodore Simon developed a method of assessing children's academic achievement at school, which was then used to identify students who would need extra assistance.
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