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Otis-Lennon School Ability TestE i g h t h E d i t i o n

Assessing the Abilities That Relate to Success in School

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Look into any classroom and youll see students of many shapes and

sizes. Look closer and youll discover that each student brings to the

classroom a variety of abilities and aptitudesa result of his or her

unique environment and life experience.

OLSAT, Eighth Edition, helps

educators understand and make

the most of each students

uniquepotential.

With new items and new norms, the Otis-Lennon School

Ability Test, Eighth Edition (OLSAT 8), is the latest addition

to a distinguished series of tests authored by Arthur S. Otis

and Roger T. Lennon. Since 1918, these tests have enabled

educators to understand better the attributes that students

bring to the task of learning.

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Otis-Lennon School Ability TestE i g h t h E d i t i o n

OLSAT measures cognitive

abilities that relate to

successin school.

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OLSAT measures the cognitive abilities that relate to a students ability to learn in school. By assessing a students

abstract thinking and reasoning abilities, OLSAT supplies educators with information they can use to enhance the

insight that traditional achievement tests provide. When administered with the Stanford Achievement Test Series,

Tenth Edition (Stanford 10) OLSAT 8 scores may also be used to relate a students actual achievement with his or

her school ability.

OLSAT 8 assesses students thinking skills and provides an

understanding of a students relative strengths and weaknesses

in performing a variety of reasoning tasks. This information

allows educators to design educational programs that will

enhance students strengths while supporting their learning needs.

To learn new things, students must be able to perceive accurately,

to recognize and recall what has been perceived, to think logically,

to perceive relationships, to abstract from a set of particulars, and to

apply a generalization to new and different contexts.

By evaluating a student's performance on a variety of tasks, OLSAT assesses

those abilities that are related to success in school. Tasks such as detecting

likenesses and differences, recalling words and numbers, defining words,

following directions, classifying, establishing sequence, solving

arithmetic problems, and completing analogies are included in OLSAT

since they have been shown to be valid measures of an individual's

ability to reason logically.

What abilities

enable students

to learn?

Scope and SequenceTEST LEVEL

Cluster/ltem Type A B C D E F G(Kindergarten) (Grade 1) (Grade 2) (Grade 3) (Grades 4-5) (Grades 6-8) (Grades 9-12)

VERBALVerbal ComprehensionFollowing Directions Antonyms Sentence Completion Sentence Arrangement

Verbal ReasoningAural Reasoning Arithmetic Reasoning Logical Selection Word/Letter Matrix Verbal Analogies Verbal Classification Inference

NONVERBALPictorial ReasoningPicture Classification Picture Analogies Picture Series

Figural ReasoningFigural Classification Figural Analogies Pattern Matrix Figural Series

Quantitative ReasoningNumber Series Numeric Inference Number Matrix

levels of OLSAT,Eighth Edition, assess verbal and

nonverbal reasoning.

Seven

OLSAT consists of seven levels that collectively

assess the range of ability of students in Kindergarten

through Grade 12. There is a separate test level for each

grade from Kindergarten through Grade 3, allowing for the

rapid cognitive growth that occurs during this period.

Each level of the new OLSAT was designed to accurately and

efficiently assess most students in the grade or

grades for which it is recommended. The levels and their

recommended grade ranges, as well as the content outline and

item types at each level, are shown in the chart above.

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A friendly format makes OLSAT

appealingstudents.

to

Encouragea

childto reach his or her potential

by identifying areas of need.

With OLSAT, educators have an opportunity to evaluate a students performance and then to take positive action

based on this informationto intervene in the educational process and strengthen instruction in the areas in

which a child may be experiencing difficulties. OLSAT 8 results are the starting point from which educators can

begin setting challenging objectives for students at all ability levels.

The latest edition of OLSAT features a child-friendly format that uses attractive, eye-catching graphics and

white space to make the test interesting to students. Also, test items are arranged so that difficult items are

immediately followed by easier items. This "spiraling" of test items prevents students from encountering

increasingly difficult test items and becoming discouraged.

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In addition to a Total score, OLSAT also provides separate Verbal and Nonverbal part scores. A student's ability to

learn school tasks is dependent on both types of skills, although the Total score is the best overall indicator of

school-learning ability.

A variety of scores is available to describe the student's Total, Verbal, and Nonverbal performance, including

School Ability Indexes (SAIs), percentile ranks and stanines based on age and grade, scaled scores, and normal

curve equivalents (NCEs). The SAI, with a mean of 100 and standard deviation of 16, is an easy-to-understand

indicator of a students standing relative to his or her age peers.

OLSAT 8 is an objective

measure of

ability.students

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This new service enables you to immediately

disaggregate your student data to create

customized reports for individual students

or by school or district levels. For more

information, visit OLSAT8Results.com.

New

OLSAT 8resultsonline.

each

SimulatedData

STUDENT REPORT

FOR

FIRSTNAME M LASTNAMETEACHER: SAMPLE TEACHER - 0000000000 SCHOOL: SAMPLE SCHOOL - 0000000000 GRADE: 04DISTRICT: SAMPLE DISTRICT - 0000000000 TEST DATE: 04/09

Age: 10 Yrs 06 Mos

NATIONAL AGE PERCENTILE BANDSAGE-BASED No. of Number Age AgeSCORES Items Correct SAI PR-S NCE 1 5 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 95 99

72 28 90 27-4 37.1Total36 92 27-4 39.6

Verbal 1436 14 89 25-4 35.6

Nonverbal

NATIONAL GRADE PERCENTILE BANDSNational NationalGRADE-BASED Scaled Grade Grade

1 5 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 95 99SCORES Score PR-S NCE

581 39.6Total 31-4Verbal 584 35-4 41.9

578 37.1 Nonverbal 27-4

Number Correct/ Below AboveCLUSTERS Number of Items Average Average Average

VERBAL 14/36 7/12

Verbal Comprehension 7/24

Verbal Reasoning NONVERBAL 14/36

8/18 Figural Reasoning

Quantitative Reasoning 6/18 26/72TOTAL

Recently this student took the Otis-Lennon School Ability Test (OLSAT). OLSAT measures those reasoning skills that are relatedto school-learning ability. The following is an interpretation of the student's performance on OLSAT.

The student's total OLSAT score is slightly below average, both in comparison with students of the same age and in comparisonwith students in the same grade. The verbal and nonverbal part scores are also in the slightly-below-average range.

The cluster analysis presents performance indicators for this student on each of the clusters in OLSAT. These indicators, which areexpressed as above average, average, and below average, describe the student's performance relative to that of other students in thesame grade.

Verbal Comprehension refers to the understanding of the structure of language, of relationships among words, and of subtledifferences among similar words. Verbal Reasoning refers to the ability to use language for such reasoning tasks as inference,application, and classification. Figural Reasoning involves geometric shapes rather than words. This skill is independent oflanguage. Quantitative Reasoning, which is also independent of language, refers to the ability to reason with numbers andmathematical concepts.

It should be kept in mind that OLSAT scores give only one piece of information about a student. Other factors such as schoolachievement and interest should also be taken into account.

OLSAT LEVEL/FORM: E/52002 NORMS: Spring National

COPY 01Scores based on normative data copyright 2003 by NCS Pearson, Inc. All rights reserved. PROCESS NO. 18904271-000O8SR-0000-03250-9

MASTER LIST OF TEST RESULTSFORSAMPLE TEACHER

SCHOOL: SAMPLE SCHOOL - 0000000000GRADE: 04

DISTRICT: SAMPLE DISTRICT - 0000000000TEST DATE: 04/09

Group Code: 0000000000

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Student listing is alphabetical.STUDENT NAME

Number

AGE LEVEL/FORM

Correct/

National National

STUDENT NUMBER

NumberAge Age Scaled Grade Grade

OTHER INFORMATION

Possible SAI PR-S NCE Score PR-S NCE

LASTNAME, FIRSTNAME M10 yrs 02 mosTOTAL

25/7213/3612/36

38/7222/3616/36

38/7220/3618/36

30/7214/3616/36

23/728/36

15/36

26/7212/3614/36

40/7217/3623/36

25/7213/3612/36

20/729/36

11/36

36/7221/3615/36

20/729/36

11/36

40/7219/3622/36

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9910593

10110397

929293

847792

888890

107103111

879086

707172

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707172

10199

103

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48-562-633-4

52-557-543-5

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23-423-427-4

67-657-575-6

21-327-419-3

3-14-24-2

31-448-521-3

3-14-24-2

52-548-557-5

33.037.131.5

48.956.440.7

51.153.746.3

39.639.640.7

29.120.439.6

34.434.437.1

59.353.764.2

33.037.131.5

10.413.113.1

39.648.933.0

10.513.113.1

51.148.953.7

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36-435-437-4

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23-430-420-3

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50-566-632-4

31-35-2

46-5

60-654-566-6

34.439.032.2

52.661.043.0

52.656.447.9

42.541.943.0

31.523.040.2

36.536.537.1

55.349.561.0

34.439.032.2

27.227.229.1

50.058.740.2

33.015.447.9

55.352.158.7

VERBALNONVERBALLASTNAME, FIRSTNAME M10 yrs 06 mos

TOTALVERBALNONVERBALLASTNAME, FIRSTNAME M09 yrs 11 mos










TOTALVERBALNONVERBAL

OLSAT LEVEL/FORM: E/5

COPY 01

2002 NORMS: Spring National

PROCESS NO. 18904271-0O8MLTR-0000-03240-9

Scores based on normative data copyright 2003 by NCS Pearson, Inc. All rights reserved.

Recognized for technical excellence, OLSAT is

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.

Through the years, OLSAT has gained the confidence of

educators nationwide who want to assess the unique

abilities each student brings to the learning

process. The new OLSAT continues this tradition

of technical excellence.

byrespected

OLSAT 8 puts

achievement intoperspective.

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The new OLSAT may be administered in conjunction with the

Stanford Achievement Test Series, Tenth Edition (Stanford 10) in order to

relate a students individual level of achievement to his or her school ability.

When OLSAT is given in combination with Stanford 10, a score called an Achievement/Ability Comparison (AAC) is

obtained. AACs describe a students achievement in relation to the achievement of students with the same measured

school ability. This is an important distinction, since students whose achievement appears to be below average when

compared with a national sample of all students may in fact be achieving at a higher or lower level in comparison

with students of the same measured school ability.

Scores obtained from combined achievement ability testing give educators a more complete picture of each

students potential for success in school.

educators.

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