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Welcome to our
academic and educational assessment section.
We provide intellectual (IQ) and academic ability assessments
to assist families planning for their children's future. We can also arrange educational assessments requested by schools or
when formal assessment results are needed to apply for eligibility to selected
educational programs. Our assessment results and reports can
help determine whether a child is
ready for school entry
and it can assist applications for extension and gifted and
talented programs.
On the following pages we describe the
concepts of intelligence, achievement ability and school readiness
and the ways these constructs are assessed. If you are
interested to find out about intellectual and learning
disability and developmental delay, please go to our childhood
disorders page, here .
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INTELLECTUAL
ABILITY
We describe the construct of
intelligence and its measurement. The different
components of intellectual ability and how they are
categorised. Adaptive skills related to intelligence and
the approaches to testing intellectual ability. We
briefly describe the stability of intelligence over
time and discuss some practical issues related to IQ
testing.
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GIFTEDNESS
We describe the construct of
giftedness and its measurement. We explain the
different views of giftedness and the social,
emotional and behavioural characteristics of gifted children.
We provide some suggestions to parents of gifted children
and ways to enhance their children's potential.
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ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE AND ACHIEVEMENT ABILITY
Learn about the concept
of academic achievement ability and how the potential for academic performance is measured.
The different domains of achievement ability and the
relationship between test results and actual school
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DEVELOPMENTAL LEVEL AND SCHOOL READINESS
We describe the principles of
preschool assessment and the different developmental areas
that are necessary for school entry. These include language
skills, academic skills, motor skills, social/emotional skills
and self help skills. Brief suggestion what to
do when your child is not school ready.
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