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The Kaufman Brief Intelligence Test (KBIT) and similar IQ and skills and abilities assessment tests don’t only help identify learning proficiency or challenges in individual children, but they also help schools improve their teaching methods and standard educational practices. The Kaufman test and Kaufman practice tests are commonly used by schools to see how new […]

A study conducted in 2002 showed a potential connection between children having working mothers and those same children being slower learners. One tool used in the study to assess children’s learning skills and abilities level was the Bracken School Readiness Assessment Test, an exam commonly used with preschoolers to determine their “readiness” for entering a […]

Exceptional children need to have intellectual stimulation or they may lose some of what makes them exceptional, at least according to a study that utilized the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children, or WISC Test, to measure IQ of children over a particular period of time. The WISC Test is a common assessment exam used in […]

In following with a trend seen across the nation with regard to all sorts of standardized and IQ assessment testing programs, parents in many locations have begun purchasing private tutoring sessions, BSRA practice test, and other BSRA sample test question tools and resources to help their children perform better on the formal Bracken School Readiness […]

The Stanford-Binet 5 is the latest version of an IQ assessment test that has been used for decades to determine the intelligence level or young children and adults. The original Stanford-Binet was developed in France in the early 1900s and was then used to determine which students might have difficulty in school. While the test […]

The Cognitive Abilities Test or CogAT, as it is often abbreviated, has long been used as a measure of both individual student intelligence and a measure for overall school district achievement scores. Since its introduction in the 1970s, the CogAT test has been a tool for determining student abilities and potential, but has also been […]

As if as a parent you don’t already have enough concerns with which to occupy your mind, a study conducted in 2009 linked the exposure of pregnant women to standard level of air pollution found in major metropolitan areas all around the world to lower WPPSI test scores in children at age five.  The WPPSI, […]

Parents who believe their children may be gifted often turn to CogAT practice test or sample test questions for assessment. While the CogAT, or Cognitive Abilities Test, is a common assessment tool used in private and public schools across the country, it may not be the best means of determining gifted status in very young […]

Many parents of children in poorer communities, especially those in large metropolitan cities, where schools simply don’t have the same resources worry about whether their kids are getting the same opportunities as children in more affluent school districts. The fact is that the financial stability of a school district can affect the quality of general […]

You are invited to our free tele-seminar tomorrow night (Thursday, Jan. 6) at 8pm eastern time. Email us at help@testingmom.com to get the call-in information for the tele-seminar. TOPIC: The most popular questions from parents about gifted and talented testing – OLSAT, Bracken, WPPSI-ERB, Stanford-Binet and more! Get insiders access to the experts on testing […]