General Ability

Products and resources for the measurement of general reasoning and problem solving abilities for all cultural and linguistic backgrounds

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Basic Achievement Skills Individual Screener (BASIS)

The Basic Achievement Skills Individual Screener (BASIS) will help you quickly screen children's reading, mathematics, and spelling skills. BASIS yields both criterion-referenced and norm-referenced information and features an optional 10-minute descriptive writing exercise. All basic test items in reading, mathematics, and spelling are grouped in grade-referenced clusters.

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Publication Date : 1983
Ages/Grades : Grades 1 through 12 and post high school
Administration : Individual
Untimed; can be administered in one hour
Qualification Level : B-Level

Math/Science,Reading/Writing,Individually Administered

Naglieri Nonverbal Ability Test®–Individual Administration (NNAT®–Individual Administration)

Use the Naglieri Nonverbal Ability Test®-Individual Administration (NNAT®-Individual) to assess general reasoning ability in children and adolescents. The NNAT-Individual is a companion to the NNAT-Multilevel Form and is the revision of the Matrix Analogies Test-Expanded Form (MAT-Expanded Form).

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Publication Date : 2003
Ages/Grades : 5 through 17 years
Administration : 25-30 minutes
Qualification Level : B-Level

Math/Science,Reading/Writing,Individually Administered

Naglieri Nonverbal Ability Test®–Multilevel Form (NNAT®–Multilevel Form)

Bright, attractive, and engaging, the Naglieri Nonverbal Ability Test ®-Multilevel Form (NNAT®-Multilevel Form) provides a group-administered measure of nonverbal reasoning and problem solving that is independent of educational curricula and children's cultural or language background.

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Publication Date : 1996
Ages/Grades : 5 through 17 years
K through grade 12
Administration : Group
Qualification Level : B-Level

Math/Science,Reading/Writing

Naglieri Nonverbal Ability Test®–Second Edition (NNAT®–2)

Naglieri Nonverbal Ability Test (second edition)—NNAT2 uses progressive matrices to allow for a culturally neutral evaluation of students’ nonverbal reasoning and general problem-solving ability, regardless of the individual student’s primary language, education, culture or socioeconomic background.

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Publication Date : 2007
Ages/Grades : Ages 5 through 17 Grades K through 12
Administration : 30 minutes
Qualification Level : B-Level

Math/Science,Reading/Writing,Professional Development

Otis-Lennon School Ability Test®, Eighth Edition

OLSAT 8 has new norms achieved through representative standardization samples. Furthermore, specialized statistical procedures and a comprehensive review of all test items by a panel of minority-group educators helped minimize ethnic, gender, cultural, or regional bias on the new OLSAT.

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Math/Science,Reading/Writing