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The Cognitive Abilities Test (CogAT) is an exam that measures reasoning skills in several formats or modes. The test is used to assess abilities in all students and is a powerful tool in helping students of all ability levels meet and exceed their potential for learning now and in the future. In addition to helping […]

The Stanford-Binet IQ test has long been utilized as a measure of child prodigy status. Making headlines throughout the decades as the most prominently used intelligence quotient assessment test, the Stanford-Binet test has been used to assess the IQ of children as young as 2 years of age with great success. The Stanford-Binet was developed […]

The Wechsler ERB test, also commonly referred to as the WPPSI ERB or the Educational Records Bureau test, which has long been used by many private schools in New York City and throughout the nation, lost some of its standing in 2010, when several schools in NYC dropped the IQ assessment exam from their standard […]

While many people put weight on the idea that assessment tests like the CogAT test are important in determining a student’s abilities and performance level while in elementary, high school or college, few believe these tests have long term implications outside the classroom. A study published in 2008 proves otherwise. That study showed that the […]

Some school systems and state departments of education offer informational sessions for parents with regard to gifted test methods and the specific assessment tests that are used in gifted and talented testing for kids. Unfortunately, most parents don’t have access to such resources, which makes the prospect of their kids going through gifted testing something […]

In the decades since the CogAT and other student abilities and IQ assessment tests were introduced into the public school system, many different examination methods and tools have been used by schools across the nation. However, in recent years, many have argued that the gifted and talented programs in various school districts actually misrepresent the […]

These blue and yellow pattern tiles are modeled after those commonly used in the WPPSI-III (ERB), WISC-IV, Stanford-Binet 4 and 5, Slosson Intelligence Test – Primary (SIT-P).  Practice with these will help prepare children for these tests and other instruments that assess visual-spatial reasoning in children (such as the Naglieri Non-Verbal Ability Tests – NNAT, […]

More than two million children enter private kindergarten each year, and in some cities, getting into private school is as competitive as getting into Harvard. But testing isn’t just a private-school phenomenon: the almost eight million children who will enter public school each year will also be assessed when they arrive in the classroom and […]

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Get Kids to Listen without Nagging, Reminding or Yelling! TestingMom.com is excited to partner with Amy McCready, founder of Positive Parenting Solutions to offer a free live training webinar on Wednesday, June  8th from 9-10 PM Eastern Time. This will help you when you work with your child on OLSAT practice test questions! We hope […]