Later career and the Binet–Simon test In 1899, Binet was asked to be a member of the Free Society for the Psychological Study of the Child. French education changed greatly at the end of the nineteenth century, because of a law that passed which made it mandatory for children ages six to thirteen to attend school. The Society had been established partly to counter pressure from Bourneville to establish boarding schools attached to asylums for children who were not good enough for regular education. There were already such schools for children with clear intellectual impairment and Bourneville wanted to expand them to all children 'unfit' for regular education, also those with less visible intellectual problems.
later career and the binet–simon test in 1899 binet was asked to be a member of the free society for the psychological study of the child french education changed greatly at the end of the nineteenth century because of a law that passed which made it mandatory for children ages six to thirteen to attend school the society had been established partly to counter pressure from bourneville to establish boarding schools attached to asylums for children who were not good enough for regular education there were already such schools for children with clear intellectual impairment and bourneville wanted to expand them to all children 'unfit' for regular education also those with less visible intellectual problems