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Congratulations, you have a gifted and talented child! Now get ready for a series of IQ and
academic testing, and other aspects of a vigorous and stressful admissions process into a gifted
and talented educational program! We offer the smart way to get through this grueling process
and to ensure your child's future academic success.
GATE acronym stands for gifted and talented education. TAG acronym stands for talented and
gifted. Schools use terms GATE and TAG to refer specific admissions tests administered to
gifted and talented youngsters in order to determine if they qualify for the gifted and talented
program. Some school districts have a specific name for their gifted program (e.g., Enrichment,
Eagle, Prism, etc). Read more about NYC gifted and talented program application process.
Students with strong reasoning skills learn faster, absorb and retain information more easily, and
obtain better test scores. Thus, the gifted program admissions testing process focuses on
general intellect, including reasoning, sequencing, logic, fund of knowledge, word knowledge,
information processing, and working memory. Gifted program admissions testing also focuses
on academic achievement, such as reading, vocabulary, reading comprehension, and arithmetic
skills that children learn in the classroom.
Many school districts require children to obtain high admissions test scores on any test from this
list of standardized test to qualify for the gifted and talented educational program:
Otis-Lenon School Abilities Test (OLSAT)
Bracken School Readiness Assessment (BSRA)
Naglieri Non-Verbal Ability Test (NNAT)
Cognitive Abilities Test (CogAT)
Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-IV (WISC-IV) - IQ test
Wechsler Preschool and Primary Intelligence Scale (WPPSI-III) - IQ test
Stanford-Binet-5th Edition (SB5) - IQ test
In New York, OLSAT and BSRA are required for admissions to the city and private gifted and
talented programs.
The Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scales, Fifth Edition (SB5), is an IQ test required for admissions
only to The Hunter College Elementary School (HCES/ “Hunter”- read more about Hunter College
Elementary School admissions testing) in NYC. Most other schools require other IQ tests
(WPPSI, WISC). All these IQ tests (WPPSI, WISC, SB5) are standardized tests of intelligence for
very young and older children and are routinely used by neuropsychologists as a part of a
comprehensive neuropsychological testing and assessment.
Many schools also require high achievement test scores, as well as strong teacher assessment,
to qualify for the gifted and talented educational program.
We can help to make your gifted and talented program admissions experience less stressful.
It is never too early to start preparing for the TAG (talented and gifted) and GATE (gifted and
talented education) admissions tests such as IQ, OLSAT, and BSRA. For starters, we provide
IQ testing, cognitive testing, and academic achievement testing to children of all
ages. As neuropsychologists, specifically trained in and experienced to assess and test very
young children, we administer IQ tests, such as WPPSI, to children as young as 2 years of age.
You can obtain IQ test scores and/or academic test scores for your gifted and talented youngster
now, way before the actual admissions IQ (WPPSI, WISC, SB5), OLSAT, ERB, or BSRA test. You
can determine whether your child scores in the high average, superior, or very superior range of
the IQ continuum. Allow your youngster to become familiar with the testing experience
and ease test anxiety. It does not matter how old is your child now, as IQ test scores are
always compared to the current age norms. We will not administer IQ test right before your
actual sitting for the IQ test at the ERB.
Your next step after IQ test is a private tutoring. Our affiliate, a Tutoring, Testing and Coaching
Center of New York - Brain Academy - provides a comprehensive, thorough and result-driven
preparation for any of the aforementioned standardized tests (OLSAT, IQ, WPPSI, WISC, BSRA,
ERB). Brain Academy test preparation and tutoring focus on all critical areas of cognitive
functioning and academic achievement, including:
• Verbal Reasoning
• Non-Verbal Reasoning
• Logic
• Reading
• Arithmetic
• Word Knowledge
Brain Academy will not administer the actual OLSAT or BSRA - these tests will be formally
administered at the ERB center. However, you can prepare your child to display his/her full
intellectual and learning potential in the gifted range by increasing familiarity with the overall
testing process, decreasing test anxiety, and improving attention, focus and compliance with
questions-answer format, and ability to sit for prolonged period of time. NYC Department of
Education offers OLSAT and BSRA preparation manual to help parents prepare for the
admissions application process and prepare their children for OLSAT and BSRA. A few sample
questions from the actual OLSAT and BSRA are offered by the Department of Education
(download free GATE/TAG instructions, application and OLSAT sample questions for children
born in 2006; download free GATE/TAG instructions, application and OLSAT sample questions
for children born in 2005; free GATE/TAG instructions, application and OLSAT sample
questions for children born in 2004; free GATE/TAG instructions, application and OLSAT
sample questions for children born in 2003).
Some gifted and talented children may have some cognitive or academic skills that are slightly
weaker than the rest of their cognitive and academic skills. Brain Academy tutors can prepare
your youngster and help to "pull up" the weak skills and reinforce the strong skills in order to
maximize your child's potential. Thus, it is always beneficial to start preparing for GATE (gifted
and talented education) and TAG (talented and gifted) (OLSAT, ERB, IQ, BSRA, WISC, WPPSI)
admissions early, so that your child has time to develop and strengthen his reasoning, attention,
memory, and overall academic and cognitive skills.
Brain Academy sessions also allow your young child to familiarize with the admissions testing
process (OLSAT, ERB, IQ, BSRA, WISC, WPPSI), which helps to decrease test anxiety and boost
admissions test scores. This is the smart way to ensure your child's future academic success.
academic testing, and other aspects of a vigorous and stressful admissions process into a gifted
and talented educational program! We offer the smart way to get through this grueling process
and to ensure your child's future academic success.
GATE acronym stands for gifted and talented education. TAG acronym stands for talented and
gifted. Schools use terms GATE and TAG to refer specific admissions tests administered to
gifted and talented youngsters in order to determine if they qualify for the gifted and talented
program. Some school districts have a specific name for their gifted program (e.g., Enrichment,
Eagle, Prism, etc). Read more about NYC gifted and talented program application process.
Students with strong reasoning skills learn faster, absorb and retain information more easily, and
obtain better test scores. Thus, the gifted program admissions testing process focuses on
general intellect, including reasoning, sequencing, logic, fund of knowledge, word knowledge,
information processing, and working memory. Gifted program admissions testing also focuses
on academic achievement, such as reading, vocabulary, reading comprehension, and arithmetic
skills that children learn in the classroom.
Many school districts require children to obtain high admissions test scores on any test from this
list of standardized test to qualify for the gifted and talented educational program:
Otis-Lenon School Abilities Test (OLSAT)
Bracken School Readiness Assessment (BSRA)
Naglieri Non-Verbal Ability Test (NNAT)
Cognitive Abilities Test (CogAT)
Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-IV (WISC-IV) - IQ test
Wechsler Preschool and Primary Intelligence Scale (WPPSI-III) - IQ test
Stanford-Binet-5th Edition (SB5) - IQ test
In New York, OLSAT and BSRA are required for admissions to the city and private gifted and
talented programs.
The Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scales, Fifth Edition (SB5), is an IQ test required for admissions
only to The Hunter College Elementary School (HCES/ “Hunter”- read more about Hunter College
Elementary School admissions testing) in NYC. Most other schools require other IQ tests
(WPPSI, WISC). All these IQ tests (WPPSI, WISC, SB5) are standardized tests of intelligence for
very young and older children and are routinely used by neuropsychologists as a part of a
comprehensive neuropsychological testing and assessment.
Many schools also require high achievement test scores, as well as strong teacher assessment,
to qualify for the gifted and talented educational program.
We can help to make your gifted and talented program admissions experience less stressful.
It is never too early to start preparing for the TAG (talented and gifted) and GATE (gifted and
talented education) admissions tests such as IQ, OLSAT, and BSRA. For starters, we provide
IQ testing, cognitive testing, and academic achievement testing to children of all
ages. As neuropsychologists, specifically trained in and experienced to assess and test very
young children, we administer IQ tests, such as WPPSI, to children as young as 2 years of age.
You can obtain IQ test scores and/or academic test scores for your gifted and talented youngster
now, way before the actual admissions IQ (WPPSI, WISC, SB5), OLSAT, ERB, or BSRA test. You
can determine whether your child scores in the high average, superior, or very superior range of
the IQ continuum. Allow your youngster to become familiar with the testing experience
and ease test anxiety. It does not matter how old is your child now, as IQ test scores are
always compared to the current age norms. We will not administer IQ test right before your
actual sitting for the IQ test at the ERB.
Your next step after IQ test is a private tutoring. Our affiliate, a Tutoring, Testing and Coaching
Center of New York - Brain Academy - provides a comprehensive, thorough and result-driven
preparation for any of the aforementioned standardized tests (OLSAT, IQ, WPPSI, WISC, BSRA,
ERB). Brain Academy test preparation and tutoring focus on all critical areas of cognitive
functioning and academic achievement, including:
• Verbal Reasoning
• Non-Verbal Reasoning
• Logic
• Reading
• Arithmetic
• Word Knowledge
Brain Academy will not administer the actual OLSAT or BSRA - these tests will be formally
administered at the ERB center. However, you can prepare your child to display his/her full
intellectual and learning potential in the gifted range by increasing familiarity with the overall
testing process, decreasing test anxiety, and improving attention, focus and compliance with
questions-answer format, and ability to sit for prolonged period of time. NYC Department of
Education offers OLSAT and BSRA preparation manual to help parents prepare for the
admissions application process and prepare their children for OLSAT and BSRA. A few sample
questions from the actual OLSAT and BSRA are offered by the Department of Education
(download free GATE/TAG instructions, application and OLSAT sample questions for children
born in 2006; download free GATE/TAG instructions, application and OLSAT sample questions
for children born in 2005; free GATE/TAG instructions, application and OLSAT sample
questions for children born in 2004; free GATE/TAG instructions, application and OLSAT
sample questions for children born in 2003).
Some gifted and talented children may have some cognitive or academic skills that are slightly
weaker than the rest of their cognitive and academic skills. Brain Academy tutors can prepare
your youngster and help to "pull up" the weak skills and reinforce the strong skills in order to
maximize your child's potential. Thus, it is always beneficial to start preparing for GATE (gifted
and talented education) and TAG (talented and gifted) (OLSAT, ERB, IQ, BSRA, WISC, WPPSI)
admissions early, so that your child has time to develop and strengthen his reasoning, attention,
memory, and overall academic and cognitive skills.
Brain Academy sessions also allow your young child to familiarize with the admissions testing
process (OLSAT, ERB, IQ, BSRA, WISC, WPPSI), which helps to decrease test anxiety and boost
admissions test scores. This is the smart way to ensure your child's future academic success.
| PRIVATE SCHOOLS IN NYC. ADMISSIONS: HOW TO PREPARE? |
| "Josh had an Intelligent Quotient (IQ) of 110; yet, he was failing all his classes. Despite his ability as a gifted student, he was unable to deal with emotional issues that hindered his school work. Later, he was diagnosed as a student with an emotional disorder. Another student, John, had a similar IQ. He was doing better than Jake; however, memory processing disorders caused by a traumatic brain injury as a child led to incomplete or sloppy assignments, missing homework, and terrible test scores..... Gifted students are often overlooked as potentially having a learning disability." Read more... At the Brain Academy, a Tutoring, Testing and Coaching Center of New York, we see many very bright kids who have very unevenly developed cognitive skills, which, on one hand, make them gifted and talented, but on another hand, pose tremendous difficulty completing certain academic and daily tasks. A comprehensive assessment helps to identify such strengths and weaknesses early on. Cognitive coaching and tutoring help to improve cognitive weaknesses. |
| OLSAT & BSRA Update: Congrats to our OLSAT & BSRA 2011 Superstars! We are proud to announce that all of our bright kids scored above 90th percentile and many scored at 99th percentile! Hard work and determination paid off. Good luck starting G&T programs this Fall! ***** July, 2010 10% more children qualified for gifted kindergarten programs in NYC public schools. 33% more passed OLSAT. NYC GATE statistics ***** Our professional OLSAT & BSRA test prep program helps more and more children to achieve Higher Educational Goals. |
| FACT: TESTING FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES (i.e., OLSAT, BSRA) IS ELECTIVE AND IS NOT COVERED BY HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS |
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