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Direct linkLakin, Joni M. – Psychology in the Schools, 2012
Verbal and quantitative reasoning tests provide valuable information about cognitive abilities that are important to academic success. Information about these abilities may be particularly valuable to teachers of students who are English-language learners (ELL), because leveraging reasoning skills to support comprehension is a critical aptitude…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Cognitive Ability, Culture Fair Tests, Test Validity
Lakin, Joni M.; Lohman, David F. – Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 2011
Effective talent-identification procedures minimize the proportion of students whose subsequent performance indicates that they were mistakenly included in or excluded from the program. Classification errors occur when students who were predicted to excel subsequently do not excel or when students who were not predicted to excel do. Using a…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Predictive Validity, Nonverbal Tests, Second Language Learning
Peer reviewedItsuokor, D. E. – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 1994
The Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) developed for use in Nigeria was compared with the Cognitive Abilities Test (COGAT), a group intelligence test developed in the United States, using 210 Nigerian high school students. Results suggest that the COGAT is not suitable for use in Nigeria. (SLD)
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Background, Cultural Differences, Culture Fair Tests
