Commonly Used Testing Instruments (continued)
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- 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
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