Test Materials
Gates MacGinitie Reading 
The basic premise of the Gates-MacGinitie Reading Tests is that it is useful for teachers and schools to know the general level of reading achievement of individual students throughout their entire school careers. The objective information obtained from the tests, complemented by teachers' evaluation and other sources of information, can be a basis for:
The basic premise of the Gates-MacGinitie Reading Tests is that it is useful for teachers and schools to know the general level of reading achievement of individual students throughout their entire school careers. The objective information obtained from the tests, complemented by teachers' evaluation and other sources of information, can be a basis for:
- Organizing students into appropriate instructional groups
- Selecting students for individual diagnosis and special instruction
- Identifying students who are ready for more advanced instruction
- Placing new students into proper instructional programs
- Evaluating the effectiveness of instructional programs
- Helping students decide on academic and/or career paths
- Reporting student progress to parents, teacher, and the community
- 1 instructional booklet
- 30 tests
- Available in the following levels: 4, 5, 6, 7-9, 10-12
- Answer sheets and scoring are not provided by the Mississippi Bend AEA. For score sheets and scoring, please contact Riverside Publishing. Phone: (800) 323-9540 or Fax: (630) 467-7192.
Cognitive Abilities Test (CogAT)
To assess students' abilities in reasoning and problem solving using verbal, quantitative, and spatial (nonverbal) symbols
To assess students' abilities in reasoning and problem solving using verbal, quantitative, and spatial (nonverbal) symbols
- Concurrently normed with the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills, the Iowa Tests of Educational Development, and the Tests of Achievement and Proficiency
- Completely revised test battery with Verbal, Quantitative, and Nonverbal scores
- Provides interpretation models to enhance classroom instruction
- Provides predictive achievement scores when given with The Iowa Tests
- Assesses verbal reasoning with a minimal reading load
- Includes a Nonverbal Battery with oral directions
- Includes balance gender and ethnic representation
- Provides a valid and reliable method for identifying gifted students
- Provides extensive interpretive support for using scores in the classroom, including case studies
- Offers superior technical quality
- 1 instructional booklet
- 30 tests
- Available in the following levels: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8-9, 10, 10-11
- Answer sheets and scoring are not provided by the Mississippi Bend AEA. For score sheets and scoring, please contact Riverside Publishing. Phone: (800) 323-9540 or Fax: (630) 467-7192.
Iowa Algebra Aptitude Test (IAAT)
Mathematics educators have long recognized the Algebra 1 classes tend to have high student failure rates. That failure creates frustration and lost time for both teacher and students. The Iowa Algebra Aptitude Test can promote student success in algebra classes by helping educators more accurately determine which students should be place into Algebra 1 and into pre-algebra courses. The content of the IAAT has been carefully aligned with current NCTM recommendations, both for pre-algebra and algebra curricula and for testing.
Mathematics educators have long recognized the Algebra 1 classes tend to have high student failure rates. That failure creates frustration and lost time for both teacher and students. The Iowa Algebra Aptitude Test can promote student success in algebra classes by helping educators more accurately determine which students should be place into Algebra 1 and into pre-algebra courses. The content of the IAAT has been carefully aligned with current NCTM recommendations, both for pre-algebra and algebra curricula and for testing.
- Aligned with NCTM Standards
- Large national standardization
- Two parallel test forms
- Extensive item tryouts
- Validation research
- Answer sheets and scoring are not provided by the Mississippi Bend AEA. For score sheets and scoring, please contact Riverside Publishing. Phone: (800) 323-9540 or Fax: (630) 467-7192.
Differential Aptitude Tests (DAT)
The Differential Aptitude Tests measures students' abilities to learn or to succeed in areas such as verbal reasoning, language usage, numerical reasoning, mechanical reasoning, and space relations. The information can help individuals make course and career selections.
- Appropriate for Tech Prep, Youth Apprenticeship, and School-to-Career Programs
- Helps At-Risk Students
- Aids Students with Career Plans and Career Portfolios
- Appropriate for Non-College-Bound Students
- 1 instructional booklet
- 30 tests
- Available in the following levels: 1 (grades 7-9) and 2 (grades 10-12)
- Answer sheets and scoring are not provided by the Mississippi Bend AEA. For career interest inventory and/or score sheets and scoring, please contact Harcourt Brace Ed. Measurement at: Phone (800) 211-8378 or Fax (800) 232-1223.
Slosson Intelligence Test Revised, 3rd Edition (SIT-R)
The Slosson Intelligence Test for Children and Adults provides quick estimates of general verbal cognitive ability. It can be used for screening, tentative diagnosis, and use with the Iowa Acceleration Scale.
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