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    posted by Karen Quinn, The Testing Mom - July 22nd, 2014

    Are you smart enough to get into a New York City elite kindergarten? Or should we ask are you ready, willing and AABL®? AABL, as in the Admissions Assessment for Beginning Learners®. Things have changed for NYC parents who are vying for a spot in some of the most competitive schools in the world. But we’re not talking about Harvard or Oxford but rather the world of New York City elite kindergartens for kids who are ready and AABL to pass the test given to 4 and 5 year olds. These lucky tots have brave and relentless parents who are willing to apply to these cut-throat schools where applications can be as high as 150 for every  available kindergarten seat. So, what does it take to get into one these elite programs? Well, part of the vetting process is having a child take a AABL test which has recently replaced with the WPPSI test (aka ERB) that has been given to New York City children as young as 3 years old for the past few decades. Here are some practice questions to find out not if your child can answer the questions but rather if you can answer these tough questions. Here are some free sample questions for the AABL test – Admissions Assessment for Beginning Learners:

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    1. Do you see the empty box? Point to the star that would go in the empty box.

    aabl practice test questions 1

    2. Can you point to the boat that should replace the boat with the question mark?

    aabl practice test questions 2

    3. Scottie has the flower you see on top. Then he pulled off two leaves. Which picture below shows what the flower looks like now?

     

    able sample test questions

    Do you see the empty box? Now I need you to point to what belongs in the empty box.

    erb aabl test prep

     

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     Answers:

    1. 2nd star

    2.  1st boat

    3.  1st flower

    4. 4th

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    therese

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    Brenda

    Yes these were simplistic and all 4 of my children could have easily answered these questions when they were 4 years old. I have known children who seem to have no ability to see patterns and sequences and I can understand why these children would be excluded from the elite schools. If a school has a choice as to their student body I can fully understand why they would choose the intellectually superior, it is no different than sports teams that choose the stronger, more athletic player.

    Cindy

    Yikes. Someone is making some broad generalities about what constitutes intellectual superiority. Seeing patterns and sequences doesn’t automatically equal intellectual superiority. Kids with disorders such as dyslexia, dysgraphia, dyscalculia and a range of other SLD’s consistently test with very high IQ’s. Additionally, my children are colorblind, so they would not pass a test asking them simple colors, as they cannot see colors the same as someone with normal color vision does. That doesn’t mean children with these types of diagnoses, if they aren’t able to pass these tests, aren’t “intellectually superior”.

    Kari

    “Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.” ~ Albert Einstein

    pujims

    “Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.” ~ Albert Einstein

    I agree with this, but please stop giving the fish the same rewards as the monkeys get for climbing the tree.

    Cindy

    Albert Einstein was dyslexic. 🙂

    Magny

    I don’t understand the boat one and I’m an adult with a high IQ. Someone please explain.

    Jenna

    Second Magny- someone explain the boat please? I can reason #2 makes sense, if the boat on the left is tugging one boat with one red mark, then tugboat on the right is tugging two boats and if the first one doesn’t have a red mark, maybe two red marks to indicate two boats being tugged. Why would the red mark be moved to the second boat?

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