Albert H. Brigance, an author and nationally recognized special education resource specialist, resided for many years in Maryville, Tennessee until his death in 2007.
In 1975-1978 Brigance created the first comprehensive inventory of basic skills for his own use in his work as an assessment specialist for the California Master Plan in Humboldt and Del-Norte counties in northern California. Colleagues urged him to find a commercial publisher. The BRIGANCE(R) INVENTORY OF BASIC SKILLS soon became a widely used criterion-referenced instrument for assessment evaluation, student academic placement, Individual Educational Plans (IEPs), and instructional planning.
Subsequent instruments include a series of early childhood screening instruments, and other inventories for individuals from birth through secondary levels of education. Recent revisions of the screens and inventories have included standardized, normed assessments, and online data management services from publisher, Curriculum Associates, Inc.