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On Wednesday, February 15, 2012 TestingMom.com co-founders and testing authorities Karen Quinn and Michael McCurdy presented to a jammed packed crowd at the Poet’s House in downtown Manhattan where they answered all questions G&T and private school admissions testing. The questions and answer format of the meeting really set the pace for one of the […]

The Power of Books and Film for Kids:  Using Children’s Literature & Movies to Help Kids Connect with Others, Explore Emotions and Understand Themselves Is your child anxious about the first day of school, shy around strangers, experiencing the effects of divorce, struggling with siblings, friendships or issues of giftedness? Are you and your spouse […]

We’ve been hearing from many NYC parents over the past few weeks about the recent release of the teacher ratings that were released by the NYC dept. of ed. Keep in mind, these ratings only start for teachers in 4th grade and above and don’t include the early grades. Also, there’s no way to determine […]

Many have criticized the release of the teacher rankings by the New York City DOE, saying that they invite undue “shame and humiliation” upon low-scoring teachers and haven’t been proven accurate enough to warrant public dissemination.  However, according to the New York Times, the ratings also shined a spotlight on educators who were best able […]

The Teacher Data Reports were released last Friday after a long legal battle to suppress the results.  The teachers’ union of New York City, the United Federation of Teachers, has attacked the reports, which rank teachers based on standardized test results, and criticize their “wide margin of error.” The Federation has launched a media campaign […]

This past Friday, the Department of Education in New York City released the Teacher Data Reports.  The reports rank individual teachers based on a complex formula that used demographics and past test results to predict student performance.  Teachers were either credited or blamed for the difference between the projections and their students’ actual performances and […]

One of the most trusted and relied-upon intelligence tests in use today, the Kaufman Brief Intelligence Test was developed by Alan S. Kaufman and his wife Nadeen, both renowned psychologists in the field of intelligence. The tests incorporate several trusted and well-known  schools of thought, brought together in one simple, quick and easy to administer […]

If your child has taken the Kaufman Brief Intelligence Test-2 and scored lower than you were expecting, it’s understandably frustrating. After all, parents want their children to do well on intelligence tests, especially if they suspect that the child may be gifted. However, don’t panic over a low Kaufman exam score. There are several reasons, […]

The Stanford Binet test, also known as the SB 5, is a type of intelligence test that was introduced in 1916. Today, the test has gone through various developments and revisions to make it one of the most accurate forms of evaluating a person’s cognitive abilities whether they are a kid or elderly. There are […]

Join us for our next PAL Workshop Series on Feb. 28, 2012 at 6:30pm. Supporting Early Gifted Children Through Play: A Hands-On, Play-Based Session for Parents  Some questions parents ask themselves: Is my child gifted? Or is my child just really bright? What clues should I be looking for in my child to determine if he […]