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As you may have heard, there are many changes to the Hunter Elementary Gifted and Talented Program going into effect this year. Here’s a brief overview of the changes we know of so far. Keep in mind, there may be other changes when they update the Hunter web site on August 20, 2012 so stay […]

If your child didn’t score as highly as you had anticipated on the Kaufman Brief Intelligence Test-2, it’s natural to want to enhance their score the next time around. Thankfully, there are a few simple things you can do. Remember that many factors influence a child when taking a test and some of these are […]

The Naglieri Nonverbal Ability Test Gifted and Talented testing process, or NNAT-2 G&T testing, is not mandated on a national level and is therefore at the discretion of each private school board or public school district. Schedules vary from one school to the next and determining the schedule for your child or children requires you […]

We all know that the KBIT-2, or Kaufman Brief Intelligence Test, has been widely used for years in determining giftedness and intelligence in young children.  But did you know that the KBIT-2 can be put to use in group homes for adults as well? Group homes are often a mixed bag of adults with very […]

The process of testing students to determine intellect, school readiness, and gifted and talented status occurs under a number of different circumstances. Many private and public schools conduct standardized testing at the start of the school year. Others test students at the start of kindergarten. Gifted testing may only be conducted later on if there […]

Many parents believe that the lack of sufficient financial resources makes providing NNAT test prep materials for their children impossible. This is actually not the case. With a bit of creative thinking and some problem solving skills of their own, parents can help their children learn these same skills in preparation for the NNAT test. […]

Not every parent is able to provide their children a private tutor for preparing to take the NNAT-2 Test or any other IQ assessment test, for that matter. This point is one of great contention, particularly when it comes to very competitive school districts in which only a small percentage of students are admitted to […]

Along with the BSRA test or the Bracken School Readiness Assessment test, the Otis-Lennon School Ability Test or OLSAT, published by Pearson NNC, is also widely used throughout the United States. More so, together with the BSRA test, the OLSAT test has been duly recognized as one of the two tests which determine a child’s […]

The NNAT-2 Test, or Naglieri Nonverbal Abilities Test, 2nd edition, is an intelligence exam that measures the nonverbal thinking and rationalization skills of children. It is one of several tests used extensively by schools when selecting students for gifted and talented learning programs. Of all the intelligence assessment exams used by schools to determine a […]

The Bracken test is a standardized test given to children as young as 2 ½ years old to 2nd graders, given to determine the child’s readiness for school. Test results of such even comprise the bulk of the decision when determining whether a child is eligible enough to be accepted in special programs for gifted […]