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Controversial “Tracking” Practice Affects Your Child’s Future Have you ever wondered how public schools use testing? Schools often use standardized tests for so-called “tracking” – that is, placing your child with other children deemed to have similar abilities. These days, it seems like school and testing are practically synonyms. Not only do our children have […]

What Not To Do Before Your Child Takes The KBIT-2 Test As a parent, it’s only natural to stress a bit before your child takes an examination such as the KBIT-2 Test or the Kaufman Brief Intelligence Test-2. However, you should be careful not to let your stress show, at least to your child. Children can […]

The Stanford-Binet test is administered to children of various ages to determine their learning and mental capacities by testing five factors of cognitive ability: fluid reasoning, knowledge, quantitative reasoning, visual-spatial processing, and working memory. Stanford-Binet sample questions can help a child build up these skills before his or her big exam. Over the years, the […]

This very helpful tool administered to children from pre-K to second grade, was first published in the year 2002, by a school psychologist and an esteemed educator of Educational Foundations, Dr. Bruce A. Bracken. The Bracken School Readiness Assessment test is a helpful precursor to whether your child is well adapted to the level of […]

Getting Ready For A Cognitive Abilities Test Preparing for “regular’ tests is simple. Students simply study the assigned materials, and answer questions regarding what they’ve learned. A cognitive abilities test is very different. For one thing, there’s no studying required! These tests, such as the CogAT – an abbreviation of ‘Cognitive Abilities Test’, are not […]

Using free CogAT sample tests is a popular way for parents to help their child prepare for an upcoming test. Some parents believe that their child should approach the test fresh, with no preparation. This is a matter of preference, and shouldn’t be influenced. But only you know your child better than anyone, and so […]

Mission: Help your first grader learn how to solve problems using their own reasoning and cognitive skills. Karen Quinn is always sharing her expert tips on developing your child’s skills with fun, effective, and age appropriate activities. Over at Education.com, they’re highlighting 4 ways how you can help your first grader work on his or her […]

As the New York City Gifted and Talented Admissions program begins, there are three new changes that are creating anxiety in parents. Of those three changes, the largest is the addition of the NNAT test, a spatial reasoning exam standing for Naglieri Nonverbal Ability Test. Historically, the Gifted and Talented tests given to 4-year-olds test basic […]

A very common question of parents whose children will soon be taking the Cognitive Abilities Test is regarding free CogAT sample questions. Some parents swear by them, while others feel that they put too much pressure on the already-stressful experience. You know your child best, and so only you can accurately determine whether or not […]

During our NYC Parents Seminar night 3  we met again with members of our Testing Mom Parent Network at Hartley House in NYC. This evening session covered both gifted and talented testing and private school admissions testing, including information from both of our previous seminars but diving much further into the actual tests and concepts […]