Testing Resources and Information Links

The following is a table of educational resources useful for building cognitive skills and content knowledge in preparation for cognitive ability, achievement, and state and national assessment tests.

You'll find both cognitive assessments such as the CogAT, OLSAT, and NNAT used in gifted and talented programs, and the national and state assessments such as the ITBS(Iowa Test of Basic Skills), Stanford, FCAT, TAKS.

Cognitive Assessment/ Achievement Tests	Resources: (click on test name for more information)
ACT
CogAT (Cognitive Abilities Test)	Building Thinking Skills Think Analogy
Iowa Test of Basic Skills (ITBS)
NNAT (Naglieri NonVerbal Ability Test)	Building Thinking Skills, Hands On Primary (PreK-1) Building Thinking Skills (2nd/3rd, 4/6th, 7-12th)
OLSAT (Otis-Lennon School Abilities Test) Bracken School Readiness Assessment	Building Thinking Skills Math Detective Think Analogy
Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale (4th Edition)	Building Thinking Skills
TerraNova/CAT 6	Building Thinking Skills Can You Find Me? Reading Detective Word Roots Language Smarts Editor in Chief Math Detective Scratch Your Brain
WISC (Weschler Intelligence Scale for Children)	Building Thinking Skills
Woodcock-Johnson Tests of Cognitive Abilities (WJ-R)	Building Thinking Skills Critical Thinking Think Analogy
Sages 2	Building Thinking Skills
National and State Assessments
Arizona Instrument to Measure Standards (AIMS)	Reading Detective Word Roots Math Detective Scratch Your Brain Science Detective Building Thinking Skills
California Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR)
Florida Comprehensive Assessment Tests (FCAT)
Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS)	Building Thinking Skills Mathematical Reasoning
Metropolitan Achievement Test (MAT 8)	Math Detective Mathematical Reasoning Language Smarts Reading Detective
Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS)	Building Thinking Skills Math Detective Reading Detective Word Roots
Scholastic Achievement Test (SAT)	Critical Thinking Think Analogy
Stanford Achievement Tests (SAT)	Critical Thinking Building Thinking Skills Can You Find Me? Editor in Chief Math Detective Mathematical Reasoning Reading Detective Science Detective Think Analogy Word Roots
Graduate Record Examination (GRE)	Critical Thinking Mind Benders series
Law School Admissions Test (LSAT)	Critical Thinking Mind Benders series
MCAT (Medical College Admissions Test)	Critical Thinking

* The correlations are meant to show that skills assessed in a particular test are addressed in a particular resource. We do not claim that these materials match up exactly to each test or teach all the skills measured in a particular assessment.

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