The OLSAT 8 assesses verbal, nonverbal, and quantitative cognitive abilities for K-12 students in paper and digital formats, giving educators and administrators enhanced insights beyond traditional achievement measures. As a general ability indicator that is related to academic skills, OLSAT 8 puts achievement assessment results into perspective and offers insights into how well a student learns, not what has been learned. See our Guidance on using this assessment remotely.
Otis-Lennon School Ability Test | Eighth Edition
OLSAT 8
The OLSAT 8 assesses verbal, nonverbal, and quantitative cognitive abilities for K-12 students in paper and digital formats, giving educators and administrators enhanced insights beyond traditional achievement measures. As a general ability indicator that is related to academic skills, OLSAT 8 puts achievement assessment results into perspective and offers insights into how well a student learns, not what has been learned. See our Guidance on using this assessment remotely.Choose from our products
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- Publication date:
- 2003
- Age range:
- Grade K-12 paper, Grades 2-12 online
- Scores/interpretation:
- School Ability Index, Percentile Rank, Stanine, and NCE by age; Percentile Rank, Stanine and NCE by grade. Achievement/Ability Comparisons when administered with Stanford 10, and Scaled Scores to represent performance on a continuous growth scale and to allow for out-of-level testing situations.
- Qualification level:
- B
- Completion time:
- Varies by level (untimed), maximum 75 minutes
- Administration:
- Online or paper-and-pencil; individual or group-administered
- Forms:
- Single form with seven levels
- Scoring options:
- Machine scoring via Pearson Scoring and Reporting Services or hand scoring (paper); digital scoring (online)
- Report options:
- See Resources tab
- Norms:
- Fall and Spring, age- and grade-based norms, based on 40,000 students nationally
- System requirements:
- See Resources tab
- Telepractice:
- Remote learning guidance
