| Screening Tests
STAR Test - Sat 9
Raven Progressive Matrices
The Otis-Lennon School Ability Test
(OLSAT)
Intelligence Tests
The Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children
The Stanford Binet Intelligence Scale (SB)
The Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children (K-ABC)
Note: The GATE Screening and Identification Committee makes every effort
to identify students with measures and procedures other than intelligence
tests. Student portfolios, report cards and other performance data may be
requested.
The STAR Test - SAT-9 is the Stanford Achievement Test, Ninth Edition. An
achievement test, authorized by Senate Bill 376, SAT-9 tests students in
Grades 1-11 in the achievement areas of reading, written expression (language),
spelling and mathematics. Scores are reported in national percentiles that compare
students with scores of students in the same grade from a nation wide sample.
SAT 9 tests are given to all students in grades 1-11 each spring. That score
is composed of sub-area measurements within Sequential Processing and Simultaneous Processing. It is also possible to obtain a Nonverbal Scale
measurement in the normal course of administration.
The Raven Progressive Matrices is a nonverbal test which assesses mental
ability by requiring the examinee to solve problems presented in abstract
figures and designs. The test is reported to correlate well with comprehensive
intelligence tests and shows a high correlation with Spearman's "g" factor*. The test
consists of five sets of twelve problems each, presented in an untimed fashion. Results
are presented in percentile format and norms have been established for American
children. It should be noted that the Raven's is generally viewed as a measure
of intelligence based solely on figural-reasoning tasks and thus may discriminate
against students who have a deficit in this area. However, the test does
provide an accurate assessment of learning potential of English Language Learners
(ELL) and students of the non-dominant culture as well as students of lower
socio-economic levels.
* Spearman's "g" factor - processes or procedures a child uses to solve a
problem that is new to him/her.
The Otis-Lennon School Ability Test
(OLSAT) is based on the notion that to
learn new things, students must be able to perceive accurately, to recognize
and recall what has been perceived, to think logically, to understand relationships,
to abstract from a set of particulars, and to apply generalizations to new and
different contexts. These processes are measured through performance on such
tasks as detecting likenesses and differences, following directions, classifying,
establishing sequence, completing analogies, and solving matrixes.
The Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children
(WISC-III) is utilized with children
ages 6-16. It samples a wide range of verbal and nonverbal skills which allows for
a greater degree of diagnostic investigation. It measures three separate IQ's:
Verbal Scale IQ, Performance Scale IQ, and Full Scale IQ. These IQ scores are
Deviation IQ's in that they make a comparison between the assessed student's
performance with scores of a representative sample of age peers.
The Stanford Binet Intelligence Scale (SB) measures the cognitive
development of individuals between the ages of 2-23. The final Composite Score is viewed
as a "global" measurement of cognitive ability and has a Mean of 100 with a
Standard Deviation of 16. It also is a Deviation IQ score.
The Composite Score is composed of measurements in Verbal Reasoning
(vocabulary and comprehension), Abstract/Visual Reasoning (visual memory
and visual perception), Quantitative Reasoning and Short-Term Memory (visual
and auditory).
The Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children (K-ABC) is utilized with children
between the ages of 2 and 12. The overall measurement of ability is presented by
the Mental Processing Composite which has a Mean of 100 and Standard Deviation
of 15. |
