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

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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?

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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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