Purpose
Measures the development of both inductive and deductive reasoning abilities that are crucial for success in school in students from kindergarten through 12th grade.
Appraises general abstract reasoning abilities and a student’s capacity to apply these to verbal and nonverbal cognitive tasks.
K-12th Grade Students
Kindergarten, first, and second grade students will have directions and test questions read to them. The questions are multiple choice and they will select their choice on the Chromebook. Their tests are untimed, but paced by the testing proctor. Third through twelfth grade students will have directions read to them, then they will read their questions and answer their questions using the Chromebook. Their tests are timed, using 10 minutes per test section.
Verbal Battery
The verbal battery tests a student’s vocabulary, as well as their comprehension of ideas, efficiency and verbal memory, and ability to discover word relationships. Statistics show a high correlation between high verbal ability and success in a variety of school subjects.
Quantitative Battery
The quantitative battery tests the student’s quantitative reasoning and problem solving ability and provides an appraisal of the student’s general level of abstract reasoning.
Non-Verbal Battery
The non-verbal battery presents the most novel problems to students. The items on these tests use only geometric shapes and figures that have had little direct relationship to school instruction. The test requires no reading. The non-verbal battery is particularly suitable for obtaining an accurate estimate of development for students who have difficulty with reading, who have limited competency in English, or who have had limited opportunities.
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