Parent’sGuidetotheOtis-LennonSchoolAbilityTest,EighthEdition
(OLSAT-8)
GIFTED/TALENTEDPROGRAMS
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PPresentanoverviewoftheOLSAT-8
PFAQsaboutOLSAT-8Identification
PProvideparentswithinformationabouthowyoucanprepareyourchildtotaketheOLSAT-8
AGENDA
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Q. WhyadministertheOLSATDistrictwide?
A. Analysisof 2009pi lotdataindicatesthatthis assessmentsupportstheDistr ict ’sgoal for theOff iceforCivi l R ights(OCR)toaddressthedisproportionatenumberof underrepresentedstudentpopulationsandidentifystudentswhomaybeoverlookedinthereferralprocess.
FAQS
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Q. Whowillbetested?
A. All2nd graders,includingstudentswithdisabilitiesandEnglishLearners(ELs).Inmostcases,studentswillbetestedbytheirclassroomteacher.
FAQS
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Studentswhoareexemptinclude:
a) StudentswhotaketheCAA (Cal i forniaAl ternateAssessments)orareonanalternativecurriculum.
b) Studentspreviouslyidentified asg i ftedintheIntel lectualAbi l i tyCategory(optional).
c ) S tudentswhoseparentshaverequestednon-partic ipation .
d) S tudentswhohavepreviouslytakenthe OLSATin2nd grade .
e) S tudentswhohavebeenpre-exposed .
STUDENTSEXEMPT
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• ParticipatingsecondgradeEnglishLearners(EL)maybegivendirectionsusingtheirdeterminedprimarylanguage.
• Remember,eachtestitemmaybereadonlyonce,whetherinEnglishor Spanish(orinanotherlanguage).
ENGLISHLEARNERS
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Duetoassessmentnorms,thefollowingaccommodationswillinvalidate OLSATtestresults.Thus,thesescoreswillnotbeconsideredforeligibilityforgiftedidentification:
1) Anymodif icationsmadetothecontentoftheassessment.
2) Directionsreadmorethanonce.
3) Allowingextendedtime.
NOACCOMMODATIONSORMODIFICATIONS
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Allparentsof2nd gradestudentswillbereceivinganInformationalLetterfromyour schoolregardingtheOLSAT-8testing.
IMPORTANT: ONLY signandreturntheletterto theschooli fyoudoNOT wantyourchi ldtoparticipatein theOLSATtesting.Otherwise,keeptheletterforyourrecords.
OLSATPARENTLETTER
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Q. IstheOLSATanIQ test?
A.No. TheOLSATisanachievementtest.
FAQS
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OLSAT-8isanationallystandardized,
normreferenced,groupadministeredassessmentrelatedtoastudent’sabilitytolearnandsucceedin
school.
OTIS-LENNONSCHOOLABILITYTEST,EIGHTHEDITION(OLSAT-8)
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A.TheOLSATmeasuresabilitiesrelatedtoSchoolSuccess.
¡ Detectingl ikenessesanddi fferences¡ Recal lingwordsandnumbers¡ Defin ingwords¡ Fol lowingd i rections¡ Classi fying¡ Establishingsequence¡ Solvingari thmeticproblems¡ Completinganalogies
WHATDOESTHEOLSAT-8MEASURE?
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Verbal
¡ VerbalComprehension• FollowingDirections
¡ VerbalReasoning• AuralReasoning• ArithmeticReasoning
Non-Verbal
¡ Pictor ialReasoning• PictureClassification• PictureAnalogies
¡ FiguralReasoning• FiguralClassifications• FiguralAnalogies• PatternMatrix• FiguralSeries
HOWARETHESEPROCESSESMEASURED?
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NONVERBAL:PICTUREREASONING
PictureClassification
¡Abilitytodeterminewhichpictureinasetof f ivepicturesdoesnotbelong.(unifyingconcept)
Sampleitemisconfidentialandproprietary
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NONVERBAL:PICTORIALREASONING
PictureAnalogy
¡Abilitytoinfertherelationshipbetweentwopicturesandselectthepicturethatisrelatedtothestimuluspictureinthesameway.
Sampleitemisconfidentialandproprietary
¡Abilitytomatchverbaldescriptiontopictorialrepresentation(e.g.above,between,nextto,etc.).
VERBALCOMPREHENSION:FOLLOWINGDIRECTIONS
Sampleitemisconfidentialandproprietary15
¡Abilitytoinferarelationshipbetweenapairof geometricshapesandselecttheshapethatisrelatedtothestimulusinthesameway.
FIGURALREASONING:FIGUREANALOGIES
Sampleitemisconfidentialandproprietary16
¡Abilitytosupplymissingelementinamatrixof geometricshapes(relationshipoff igures).
FIGURALREASONING:PATTERNMATRIX
Sampleitemisconfidentialandproprietary17
Thepurpose ofthispracticetestistopreparestudentstotaketheOtis-LennonSchoolAbilityTest,EighthEdition,(OLSAT-8),sothattheywillbefamiliarwiththetypesofquestionsthatwillappearonthetest. Thepracticetestisnotscored.Therefore,studentsshouldbegivenasmuchhelpastheyneedtocompletethequestionssuccessfully. Formosteffectiveuse,thepracticetestshouldbeadministeredapproximatelyoneweekprior totheregulartestadministration.
OLSAT-8PRACTICETEST
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Thisisanofficialproduct,authorizedandpublishedbyPearsonPublishing;administeringthispracticetestwillnotinvalidatetestresults. Studentswilltakethepracticetesttosimulatetheactualtest-takingexperience. ThepracticetestcanbesenthometoparentsAFTER ithasbeencompletedanddiscussedinclass.
OLSAT-8PRACTICETEST
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Q.Whyis theDistr ictnot testingal l secondgraderswithanIQtest?
A. 1)AnIQtest must be adminis teredby aninsuredandc redent ia ledSchool Psychologist.
2)The cost ofadminis teringanIQtest toa l l 40,854second grade s tudents w ithinthe D is t r ict woulde l iminate the ent i re GATE budget whichwouldnot be cost e ffec t ive.
3)The ident i f i c ationra te for the I nte l lec tual C ategory tends tobe s ta t i stical ly low w ithout prov idingpre - re ferral sc reening for potent ia l c andidates.
4)The OLSAT da tac ana lsofunc t iona s pa rt ofpre - re ferral ev idencefor s tudents be ingcons ideredfor the I nte l lectua lC a tegory.
FAQS
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Q. Whatgif tedidentificationcategoryarethesecondgraderstestingfor withtheOLSAT?
a)IntellectualCategoryb)Speci ficAcademicAbi lityCategoryc)HighAchievementCategoryd)CreativeAbi lityCategorye)VisualArtsAbi lityCategoryf)PerformingArtsAbi lityCategoryg)LeadershipAbi lityCategory
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C.TheHighAchievementAbilityCategory
ANSWERIS…
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Q. Ifmychi ldi sidentifiedgi ftedin theHighAchievementCategory,doeshe/sheneedtore-applyforthecategorynextyear?
A.No.Aswithal l gi ftedcategoriesin theLAUSD,onceastudenti sidentifiedgi fted,thegi ftedidentificationwi l l remain withthestudentforthedurationofh is/herenrollmentatLAUSD.
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Q.Canmychildbeidentifiedashighlygifted ontheOLSAT?
A. No. Again,theOLSATisanachievementtest(HighAchievementAbilityCategory).
Remember:A studentcanonlybeidentifiedhighlygiftedin theIntellectualAbil ityCategory.
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Q.If mychilddoesnotmeetthecriteriaontheOLSAT,canhe/shestillbereferredintheIntellectualCategory?
A.Yes. However,allstudentsstillneedtobethoroughlyscreenedbytheon-siteScreeningCommitteeforappropriatenessofreferral.
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Q. Whatarethetestadministrationdates?
A. Schoolsmayselectatestingdatewithinoneoftwowindows:
March7-8,2018and/or
March14-15,2018
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Q. Willtherebeamake-up testingdate?
A.Yes.
March19,2018
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Q. Howwi l l parents bein formed?
A. An in format ionall etter(EnglishandSpanish) i s to besen t to pa rentsfromtheschools i te . In addition,there wi l lbe s i x i n formationalsessionsfo r pa rentsfrom6:00p .m.– 7:00p.m. on thefo l lowingda tes (parentson l yneedto a t tendONE ofthefo l lowingmeet ings) :
• February5,2018— GrantHS(LDNortheast)• February8,2018— NobelMS (LDNorthwest)• February12,2018— WhiteMS (LDSouth)• February15,2018— StevensonMS(LDEast)• February22,2018– LoyolaVillageES(LDWest)• February26,2018– VirgilMS (LDCentral)
FAQS
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•TheOLSAT8hasseveralfeaturesdesignedtomakeyourchildfeelmorecomfortablewithtest-takingandtoguideyourchildthroughthetest.
§Sampleitemsforeachsectionofthetest§Useofpicturesthroughoutthetestbooklet§Eachsubtestanditemclearlymarked§Questionpromptsdictatedbytheteacher
HELPFORYOUNGTEST-TAKERS
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vThingsyourchild cando:
üREST…Getagoodnight’ssleepbeforetakingtheOLSAT-8.üEAT…AgoodbreakfastonthemorningoftheOLSAT-8is
important.üLISTEN…Listencarefullytothedirectionstheteachergives
andfollowthemexactly.üTRY…Doyourbest.Studentsarenotexpectedtoknowthe
answertoeveryquestion.Somequestionsmayseemhard,butstudentsshouldkeeptryingandnotgiveup.
HOWTOPREPAREYOURCHILDTOTAKETHEOLSAT8
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vThingsYOU cando:
üDISCUSS…HelpyourchildunderstandthattheOLSAT-8providesachancetoshowwhatyouknowandhowtheteachercanbesthelpyoulearn.
ü SUPPORT…MakesureyourchildunderstandsthattheOLSAT-8scoressimplygiveinformationandwillnotbeusedtopunishstudents.
üRELAX…Reassureyourchildaboutthetest-takingexperience.Studentswhoarecalmandsureofthemselvesdobetter.
HOWTOPREPAREYOURCHILDTOTAKETHEOLSAT-8
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Q. Whenwillschoolsreceivetheresults?
A. Studentresultsare“estimated”tobereleasedonApril26,2018.Testresultsaremaileddirectlytoeachschool.
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Q.Wereceivedthescorereports.
WhereshouldIlookforthequalifyingscore?
FAQS
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A.TheTotal,Verbal,andNonverbalAge-BasedPercentileScores(AgePR-S)arelocatedinthetopleftboxofthestudentreport(seenextslide).
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OLSAT-8STUDENTRESULTS
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Q.HowistheOLSATusedtodetermineeligibilityforHighAchievement?
FAQS
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THEREAREFOURWAYSTOQUALIFYFORTHEHIGHACHIEVEMENTCATEGORYBASEDONTHEOLSAT-8 SCORES:
q StudentswhoreceiveaTotal,Verbal,or NonverbalAge-BasedPercentileScore of95 percentorabove.
q Lowincomestudents*whoreceiveaTotalAge-BasedPercentileScore between90to94percent.
*Thepovertylevelfor2018intheUnitedStateswassetat$25,100(totalyearlyincome)forafamilyoffour.2018HHSPovertyGuidelinesU.S.DepartmentofHealth&HumanServices,Accessed: January2018
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NEW!AUTOMATIC INTELLECTUALABILITYREFERRAL
• AsofSpring2017,2nd gradestudentswhoreceivedanOLSATscoreof99%oraboveontheTotal,Verbalor NonverbalAge-BasedPercentileRank(APR)mustbeautomaticallyreferredbytheschool-siteGATEcoordinatorintheIntellectualAbil itycategoryforthefollowingschoolyear. Pre-screening (otherthanOLSATresults)will notberequired .Thispolicyisnotretroactive.
• I f yourchildmeetsthe99%(APR)scorecriteria,youmayfollow-upwithyourschoolsiteGATECoordinatortomakeareferralintheIntellectualAbil itycategory,if theyhavenotalreadydoneso.
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NOWWHAT?
THESE2NDGRADERSAREIDENTIFIEDASGIFTED…
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Giftedidentificationisnot thefinalgoalofthisprocess.
• Identificationi sthetool thatal lowsteacherstomakeinstructionalandprogrammingdecisionsto bestmeettheacademicandsocial -emotionalneedsofstudents.
• Theidentificationprocesshasl i ttlevaluewithoutappropriateclusteringanddi fferentiatedinstructiontofo l low.
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