Standardized Tests
Scores in the 95th percentile or higher on nationally-normed, standardized tests will qualify students for SIG programs. Please note, several of the tests listed below have multiple versions, and some unacceptable tests have the same acronym as acceptable tests. SIG can only accept test score reports from tests listed below if the report includes nationally-normed percentile rankings or standard scores. If you have any doubt as to the eligibility of your tests, please contact SIG at admissions@nsgt.org for verification. If standardized test scores are not available, SIG will accept alternate evidence of academic achievement, in the form of two letters of recommendation (one from an instructor, one from an administrator).
Abbreviated Stanford Achievement Test (ASAT)
California Achievement Test (CAT)
Cognitive Ability Test (CogAT)
Cognitive Skills Inventory (CSI)
Comprehensive Assessment Program (CAP) Achievement Series
Comprehensive Testing Program (CTP); see ERB
Comprehensive Tests of Basic Skills (CTBS)
Degrees of Reading Power (DRP)
Percentile scores of 95 or higher are acceptable
Developing Cognitive Abilities
Diagnostic Inventory of Essential Mathematics (Keymath)
Differential Aptitude Tests (DAT)
ERB
(Educational Records Bureau; acceptable when national percentile rankings are included on the score report)
EXPLORE Test
Gates-MacGinitie Reading Tests
GOALS
Henmon-Nelson Tests of Mental Ability
Independent School Entrance Examination (ISEE) - ERB
Independent school norms of 80 or higher are acceptable
Iowa Tests of Basic Skills (ITBS)
Individual Tests of Academic Skills (ITAS)
InView (CTB)
Kaufman Test of Educational Achievement (K-TEA)
Kuhlman-Anderson Tests: A Measure of Academic Potential
Longitudinal Assessment Program (LAP)
Measures of Academic Progress (MAP)
Metropolitan Achievement Test (MAT)
Naglieri Nonverbal Ability Test
National Achievement Test (NAT)
National Test of Basic Skills (NTBS)
Nelson-Denny Reading Test
NWEA (Northwest Evaluation Association) Achievement Level Tests
NWEA (Northwest Evaluation Association) Measures of Academic Progress
Otis-Lennon Mental Ability Test (OLMAT)
Otis-Lennon School Ability Test (OLSAT)
Personalized Achievement Summary System (PASS)
Piaget Individual Aptitude Test (PIAT)
PLUS Test
Ravens Progressive Matrices
Reynolds Intelligence Assessment Scales (RIAS)
Ross Test of Higher Cognitive Abilities
SCAT (School and College Ability)
Survey of Basic Skills (SBS) part of SRA
Scholastic Testing Service
Screening Assessment for Gifted Elementary Students (SAGES)
Secondary School Admission Test (SSAT)
Sequential Test of Educational Progress (STEP)
Science Research Associates, Inc. (SRA)
Scott-Foresman Test of Academic Aptitude
Scott-Foresman Achievement Series
Star Reading and Math Assessments
Student Learning Objectives (SLO)
Stanford Diagnostic Math
Stanford Achievement Test (SAT)
Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale
Terra Nova
Test of Cognitive Skills
Wechsler Individual Achievement Test (WIAT)
Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence (WPPSI)
Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC)
If national percentile is not listed on score report, will accept a test standard score of 130 or above.
Woodcock-Johnson Psycho-Educational Battery
Woodcock Reading Mastery Tests
Please note, several of the tests listed below have multiple versions, and some unacceptable tests have the same acronym as acceptable tests. SIG can only accept test score reports from tests listed below if the report includes nationally-normed percentile rankings or standard scores.