Cognitive Tests Measure Test Name Reference Age Publisher Description norms Wechsler Wechsler, 6 to 90 Pearson Matrix Children are shown incomplete matrices and asked which item Abbreviated Scale of 2011 reasoning from a choice of four completes Intelligence II the matrix. Word Reading, Wechsler, 4 to 16 Pearson Reading Children read aloud single words as quickly as possible. Wechsler Individual 2006 Achievement Test II (WIAT) Spelling Spelling, Wechsler Wechsler, 4 to 16 Pearson Children spell individual words of increasing complexity. Items Individual 2006 assess early spelling concepts Achievement Test II such as sound to letter (WIAT) correspondence for vowels, consonants and consonant blends. Maths Numerical Wechsler, 4 to 16 Pearson Children answer mathematical problems of increasing Operations, 2006 complexity. Wechsler Individual Achievement Test II (WIAT) Vocabulary Peabody Picture Dunn & 2 to 80 Pearson Children are shown four pictures and are asked to point Vocabulary Test Dunn, 2009 to the picture that matches a (PPVT) word that is read aloud. Naming Speed Naming Speed, Frederickson, 6 to 14 GL Children are shown pictures of objects and asked to name Phonological et al., 1997 Assessment them as quickly as possible. Assessment Battery (PhAB) Alliteration Alliteration, Frederickson, 6 to 11 GL Children hear single syllable words and identify Phonological et al., 1997 Assessment which two words start with the Assessment Battery same sound. (PhAB) Picture Frederickson, 6 to 11 GL Children hear three single syllable words and identify Supplemented et al., 1997 Assessment which two words start with the Alliteration, same sound. In this Phonological supplement, children are shown Assessment Battery pictures to accompany the (PhAB) words. Verbal short Digit recall, Alloway, 4 to 22 Pearson Children hear a list of numbers and repeat them in the same term memory Automated Working 2007 order. Memory Assessment (AWMA) Visual short Dot matrix, Alloway, 4 to 22 Pearson Children are shown a pattern of dots that appear one at a time term memory Automated Working 2007 in a grid and are asked to Memory Assessment remember locations of the dots (AWMA) in the order in which they were presented.
Cognitive Tests Measure Test Name Reference Age norms Publisher Description Matrix reasoning Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence II Wechsler, 2011 6 to 90 Pearson Children are shown incomplete matrices and asked which item from a choice of four completes the matrix. Reading Word Reading, Wechsler Individual Achievement Test II (WIAT) Wechsler, 2006 4 to 16 Pearson Children read aloud single words as quickly as possible. Spelling Spelling, Wechsler Individual Achievement Test II (WIAT) Wechsler, 2006 4 to 16 Pearson Children spell individual words of increasing complexity. Items assess early spelling concepts such as sound to letter correspondence for vowels, consonants and consonant blends. Maths Numerical Operations, Wechsler Individual Achievement Test II (WIAT) Wechsler, 2006 4 to 16 Pearson Children answer mathematical problems of increasing complexity. Vocabulary Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test (PPVT) Dunn & Dunn, 2009 2 to 80 Pearson Children are shown four pictures and are asked to point to the picture that matches a word that is read aloud. Naming Speed Naming Speed, Phonological Assessment Battery (PhAB) Frederickson, et al., 1997 6 to 14 GL Assessment Children are shown pictures of objects and asked to name them as quickly as possible. Alliteration Alliteration, Phonological Assessment Battery (PhAB) Frederickson, et al., 1997 6 to 11 GL Assessment Children hear single syllable words and identify which two words start with the same sound. Picture Supplemented Alliteration, Phonological Assessment Battery (PhAB) Frederickson, et al., 1997 6 to 11 GL Assessment Children hear three single syllable words and identify which two words start with the same sound. In this supplement, children are shown pictures to accompany the words. Verbal short term memory Digit recall, Automated Working Memory Assessment (AWMA) Alloway, 2007 4 to 22 Pearson Children hear a list of numbers and repeat them in the same order. Visual short term memory Dot matrix, Automated Working Memory Assessment (AWMA) Alloway, 2007 4 to 22 Pearson Children are shown a pattern of dots that appear one at a time in a grid and are asked to remember locations of the dots in the order in which they were presented.