Commonly Used Testing Instruments

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)

• Assesses nonverbal reasoning abilities
• Ages 5 to 17
• PsychCorp
• www.PsychCorp.com 

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)

• Measures abstract thinking and reasoning ability
• Grades K-12
• Harcourt Assessment
• harcourtassessment.com 

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

• Designed to aid teachers in the identification of gifted children
• Grades K-12
• Creative Learning Press, Inc.
• www.creativelearningpress.com 

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)

• Measure of cognitive ability
• Ages 4 to 85
• Wide Range, Inc.
• www.widerange.com 

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