Several subtests require a response within a certain amount of time, and the designs for the Memory for Block Designs are shown for only 5 seconds. Everyone administered the KAIT starts with the teaching items and begins formal testing with item number 1. No different age differentiated starting points are used. Discontinuation rules vary from subtest to subtest, and are clearly noted on the individual record form. The decision to omit a subtest needs to be made carefully and with good reason.
Administration flows smoothly from subtest to subtest.
Recording responses on the protocol is simple and straight forward. Most verbal items require a simple word or number response. Scoring items as they are presented is necessary for discontinuation decisions. Since the use of the KAIT is recommended for those legally and professionally competent to give existing intellectual assessments, some level of interpretive skill is expected of examiners. Four chapters of the manual provide background information about the subtests and theoretical information to aid interpretation.