PSYC 440 : Test 1- 3 1
15 Mar 2019
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The otis-lennon school ability test (olsat 8) is a multiple-choice test administered to children from kindergarten to 12th grade. It requires 60 to 77 minutes to complete and measures quantitative reasoning, verbal reasoning and figural reasoning skills related to scholastic achievement. There are seven levels (a through g) for the student examinees. It is stated that each grade requires a separate level because the intellectual growth of a child grows so rapidly. Children, kindergarten through grade 3 use the first four levels (a through d). Grades 4 and 5 use level (e) while grades 6, 7, and 8 uses level (f). The last level, (g) is administered to all high school students, grades 9-12. Criterion-related validity is addressed by reviewing the correlations between the scores of the olsat 8 and stanford achievement test series. Correlations were calculated for only forms a and d and demonstrated they were related by showing most scores in the mid . 50s to lower . 70s.
