Following is a listing of some tests commonly used to assess ability or screen for potential giftedness. Additional listings can be found using the Buros Mental Measurements Yearbook or the Educational Testing Service's database.
Cognitive Abilities Test (CogAT)
- Assesses abilities in reasoning and problem
- Grades K-12
- Riverside Publishing
- www.riverpub.com
Comprehensive Test of Nonverbal Intelligence (CTONI)
Das-Naglieri Cognitive Assessment System (CAS)
- Evaluates cognitive processing
- Ages 5 to 17
- Riverside Publishing
- www.riverpub.com
Detroit Tests of Learning Aptitude (DTLA-4)
- Measures both general intelligence and discrete ability areas
- Ages 6-17
- PRO-ED, Inc.
- www.proedinc.com
Differential Ability Scales (DAS)
- Measures cognitive abilities and achievement.
- Ages 2.6 to 17.11
- PsychCorp
- www.PsychCorp.com
Draw-A-Person Intellectual Ability Test for Children, Adolescents, and Adults (DAP:IQ)
- Estimates intellectual ability from human figure drawings
- Ages 4 to 89
- Western Psychological Services
- www.wpspublish.com
Gifted and Talented Evaluation Scales (GATES)
- A norm-referenced instrument that assesses the characteristics, skills, and talents of gifted students
- Ages 5 to 18
- PRO-ED, Inc.
- www.proedinc.com
Gifted Evaluation Scale, Second Edition (GES-2)
- Designed to help identify gifted students
- Grades K to 12
- Hawthorne Educational Services, Inc.
- www.hes-inc.com
Gifted Rating Scales
- Designed to assess observable student behaviors indicating giftedness
- PsychCorp
- www.PsychCorp.com
Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children, Second Edition (KABC-II)
- Measures processing and cognitive ability
- Ages 3 to 18
- American Guidance Service, Inc.
- www.agsnet.com
Kaufman Brief Intelligence Test, Second Edition (KBIT-2)
- Measure of verbal and nonverbal cognitive ability
- Ages 4 to 90
- American Guidance Service, Inc.
- www.agsnet.com
Khatena-Morse Multitalent Perception Inventory
- Identifies giftedness in music, art, and leadership
- Scholastic Testing Service, Inc.
- www.ststesting.com
Kuhlmann-Anderson Tests, Eighth Edition
- Measure academic potential through assessing cognitive skills related to the learning process
- Scholastic Testing Service, Inc.
- www.ststesting.com
Leadership Skills Inventory (LSI)
- Assess strengths and weaknesses in the area of leadership
- PRO-ED, Inc.
- www.proedinc.com
Leiter International Performance Scale-Revised
- A nonverbal cognitive assessment
- Stoelting Co.
- www.stoeltingco.com
Matrix Analogies Test - Expanded Form (MAT)
Naglieri Nonverbal Ability Test (NNAT)
- Nonverbal group measure of reasoning and problem solving
- Grades K to 12
- Harcourt Assessment
- harcourtassessment.com
Otis-Lennon School Abilities Test, 8 h edition (OLSAT)
Peabody Individual Achievement Test (PIAT-R)
- Measures academic achievement
- Ages 5 to 22.11
- American Guidance Service, Inc.
- www.agsnet.com
Process Skills Ratings Scales (PSRS)
- Designed for use in obtaining a rating of the student's facility in using process skills that develop ability to think, reason, and search for knowledge independently and to communicate and interact effectively with all members of society.
- PRO-ED, Inc.
- www.proedinc.com
Raven's Progressive Matrices
- Nonverbal assessment of perception and thinking skills
- Ages 5 to 11
- Oxford Psychologists Press, Ltd. [ England]
- www.opp.co.uk
Reynolds Intellectual Assessment Scales
- Assesses verbal and nonverbal intelligence and memory
- Ages 3 to 94
- Psychological Assessment Resources, Inc
- www3.parinc.com
Scales for Identifying Gifted Students (SIGS)
- This standardized, norm-referenced instrument is completed by teachers or parents and provides a method for identifying gifted children.
- Ages 5 to 18.11
- PRO-ED, Inc.
- www.proedinc.com
Scales for Rating the Behavioral Characteristics of Superior Students
Screening Assessment for Gifted Elementary & Middle School Students (SAGES-2)
- Used to identify students who are gifted in academics and reasoning
- Ages 5 to 14.11
- PRO-ED, Inc.
- www.proedinc.com
Slosson Intelligence Test - Revised
- Estimates general verbal cognitive ability
- Ages 4 to 65
- Slosson Educational Publications
- www.slosson.com
Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scales - 5 th Edition (SB5)
- Assesses intelligence and cognitive abilities
- Riverside Publishing
- www.riverpub.com
Structure of Intellect Learning Abilities Test (SOI-LA)
- Assesses a wide variety of cognitive abilities or factors of intelligence
- Grades 2 to adult
- Western Psychological Services
- www.wpspublish.com
Tests of Mathematical Abilities for Gifted Students (TOMAGS)
- Designed to identify students who have talent or giftedness in mathematics
- Grades K to 6
- PRO-ED, Inc.
- www.proedinc.com
Tests of Nonverbal Intelligence (TONI-3)
- Measure of intelligence, aptitude, abstract reasoning, and problem solving that is completely free of the use of language.
- Ages 6 to 89.11
- PRO-ED, Inc.
- www.proedinc.com
Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking- Figural (TTCT-F)
- Identifies and evaluates creative potential
- Ages Kindergarten to adult
- Scholastic Testing Service, Inc.
- www.ststesting.com
Universal Nonverbal Intelligence Test (UNIT)
- Measure of the general intelligence and cognitive abilities
- Ages 5-17
- Riverside Publishing
- www.riverpub.com
Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC-IV)
- Assesses the cognitive ability of children
- Ages 6 to 16.11
- PsychCorp
- www.PsychCorp.com
Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence - Third Edition (WPPSI-III)
- Assesses the intelligence for young children
- Ages 2.6 to 7.3
- PsychCorp
- www.PsychCorp.com
Wide Range Intelligence Test (WRIT)
Woodcock Johnson III
- Contains two distinct, co-normed batteries that measure general intellectual ability, specific cognitive abilities, scholastic aptitude, oral language, and academic achievement
- Ages 2 to 90+
- Riverside Publishing
- www.riverpub.com
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