Read The Role of
Nonverbal Ability Tests in Identifying Academically Gifted Students: An Aptitude Perspective by David Lohman of the University of Iowa.
The matrix converts scores on standardized tests — the Stanford Achievement Test for English - speaking students and the Aprenda exam for Spanish - speaking students with limited English proficiency — scores on the Naglieri
Nonverbal Ability Test (NNAT), average course grades, teacher recommendations, and indicators for socioeconomic status into an overall index score.
Students in New York are tested using the Naglieri
Nonverbal Ability Test and the Otis - Lennon School Ability Test and must score 90 percentile or above to enter district programs and 97 percentile or above to qualify for city programs.
In this webinar, Dr. Jack Naglieri, the author of the Naglieri
Nonverbal Ability Test, explains the difference between nonverbal ability assessments and other measures typically used for identifying gifted students.
Not exact matches
Each time, the teens took IQ
tests that measured their verbal and
nonverbal abilities.
The CogAT (Cognitive
Abilities Test) assesses students» abilities in reasoning and problem solving using verbal, quantitative, and nonverbal (spatial)
Abilities Test) assesses students»
abilities in reasoning and problem solving using verbal, quantitative, and nonverbal (spatial)
abilities in reasoning and problem solving using verbal, quantitative, and
nonverbal (spatial) symbols.
One problem with the new screening program is that the previous
nonverbal test, which psychologists say they believe to be culturally neutral, has been replaced with one that relies more on verbal
ability.
I have posted previously about widespread errors in
testing and recent discoveries that
testing of
nonverbal abilities for children with autism can yield scores signficantly higher than on typical evaluations based on verbal
abilities.
The Leiter - R is an instrument developed to provide a
nonverbal measure of intellectual
ability in children (24 months and up), adolescents, and adults who can not be reliably assessed with traditional intelligence
tests.