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This post is a continuation of our series on every day activities for WPPSI IV Subtests. Last week, we discussed practicing for the WPPSI IV Verbal Subtests Today I want to focus on everyday activities that can help your child with the WPPSI IV Nonverbal subtests. These questions do not require verbal responses, and are […]

Scores of parents filled the auditorium for our recent New York City Private School Admissions Process Seminar held in mid-town at Hartley House in NYC, In addition to our own testing expert Karen Quinn, the Testing Mom, parents in attendance heard from Education First co-found Victoria Goldman, author of The Manhattan Family Guide to Private […]

Last night, July 10, Amy McCready, founder of Positive Parenting Solutions, joined Michael McCurdy and Karen Quinn for Testing Mom’s most popular tele-seminar yet, the 7 abilities your child needs for testing success. Karen Quinn shared tips on how to improve those 7 abilities in your children. She also shared how those 7 abilities are […]

It is highly recommended that parents let their children take IQ tests like the WPPSI earlier on in life. It is the best way for you to tell whether your child is gifted or has difficulty in learning. The WPPSI test is usually conducted by a certified clinical psychologist or psychiatrist but because many schools […]

In the mid-1990s, New York City children typically took the WPPSI test, also known as the WPPSI ERB and the Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence Test, in order to achieve admittance to private schools, including everything from private preschool programs to standard private, primary schools. Parents usually got incredibly worried as the date […]

In 2002, a young boy by the name of Justin Chapman set a record with his IQ test scores, hitting 298 plus on the Stanford Binet at the age of six. When Justin was three years old, he took the Wechsler test and maxed out the scale. It’s interesting the length that Justin’s mother went […]

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, […]

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 […]

The past few days were super busy for TestingMom.com and all the guest speakers for our seminars for NYC gifted and talented programs, private school admissions and OLSAT, WPPSI and Bracken testing. Parents crammed into the downtown community center in Tribeca where Karen Quinn, the Testing Mom, Dr. Har, testing expert from Aristotle Circle (and […]

For Parents in the New York City Area Seminar: Insiders Guide to the Kindergarten Admissions Process in New York City – Private Schools and Gifted and Talented Programs for pre-k to 2nd grades Date and Times – You’ll Be Sent Location After You Pre-Register. Please no children. Thursday, October 7 at 7pm Tribeca/Downtown area – […]