The Naglieri Nonverbal Ability Test (NNAT) is a nonverbal measure of general ability designed by
Jack A. Naglieri and published by
Pearson Education
Pearson Education, known since 2011 as simply Pearson, is the educational publishing and services subsidiary of the international corporation Pearson plc. The subsidiary was formed in 1998, when Pearson plc acquired Simon & Schuster's educatio ...
.
The Naglieri Nonverbal Ability Test - Individual Form was first published in 1998. Two versions were published in 2007 and 2008, respectively. This includes the group administered Naglieri Nonverbal Ability Test - Second Edition and the Naglieri Nonverbal Ability Test - Online version. The most current version is NNAT3.
Like all nonverbal ability tests, the NNAT is intended to assess cognitive ability independently of linguistic and cultural background.
Present use
These tests may be administered to K–12 school children on an individual or group basis as a means to identify potentially gifted children for placement in accelerated programs.
It is also used for admission by several
high IQ societies; for instance
Intertel
Intertel is a high-IQ society founded in 1966 that is open to those who have scored at or above the 99th percentile, or the top one percent, on a standardized test of intelligence. It has been identified as one of the notable high-IQ societies ...
accepts scores at or above the 99th percentile.
NNAT and the media
Beginning in the 2012-13 school year, the Naglieri Nonverbal Ability Test- 2nd Edition (NNAT-2) replaced the Bracken School Readiness Assessment (BSRA) in New York City.
The decision sparked some controversy because some parents considered the test too difficult.
In New York City, the NNAT-2 makes up 50% of the gifted and talented exam, the other 50% is the
Otis–Lennon School Ability Test The Otis–Lennon School Ability Test (OLSAT), published by the successor of Harcourt Assessment—Pearson Education, Inc., a subsidiary of Pearson PLC—is, according to the publisher, a test of abstract thinking and reasoning ability of ...
(OLSAT).
Criticism
The NNAT has been found by one study to show excessive score variability, with within-grade standard deviations reaching as high as 20 points. This has the effect of both overrepresenting and underrepresenting index scores - that is, more students received very high or very low scores than expected. Lohman ''et al.'' found that 3.4 times as many students scored in the 130+ range on the NNAT as expected.
See also
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Cognitive Abilities Test
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CogAT
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(CogAT, CAT)
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Cognitive Assessment System
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(CAS)
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Cognitive test
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Das–Naglieri cognitive assessment system
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Educational psychology
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Intelligence quotient
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Otis-Lennon School Ability Test (OLSAT)
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Raven's Progressive Matrices
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School psychology
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Stanford Binet
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Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children
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The WISC-V takes 45 to 65 min ...
(WISC)
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