First of all let me shout the good news from the rooftops...DD GOT IN TO THE GATE SCHOOL! Woohoo!
Now on to the conundrum...the school sent home the test results and there is NO mention of which test she took. Can you help me decipher which test she took based on the bit of information they gave us in the letter?
Here is what it said:
The second round of testing was the ability test. This test measured learned reasoning and problem-solving skills in three different areas: verbal, quantitative, and nonverbal. Reasoning skills develop gradually throughout a persons lifetime and at different rates for different individuals. This test does not measure such factors as effort, attention, motivation and work habits, which contribute to school achievement as well.
The Verbal Battery measures a child's ability to remember and transform sequences of English words, to understand them, and to make inferences and judgments about them.
The Quantitative Battery tests the child's understanding of basic quantitative concepts and relationships that are essential for learning mathematics. Tasks measure both the understanding of relational concepts and the student's ability to discover relationships and to figure out a rule or principle that explains them.
The Nonverbal Battery measures reasoning using pictures and geometric shapes. This reduces the impact of language on the student's score. The NB also appraises the student's ability to use her cognitive resources in new situations.
Any ideas on what this could be?
