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The Bracken School Readiness Assessment the test being replaced by NNAT had trouble producing diverse classrooms in the gifted program.
WSJ: Big Change in Gifted and Talented Testing
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The NNAT is significantly harder than the tests city has previously used, with some questions confusing even for adults, tutoring companies reported.
WSJ: Big Change in Gifted and Talented Testing
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As my colleague Sophia Hollander reported earlier this month, the new test will weigh heavily on the Naglieri Nonverbal Ability Test (NNAT).
WSJ: Conflicted Over Gifted: NYC's Gifted and Talented Test Changes
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The NNAT test isn't as easy as you'd think.
WSJ: Conflicted Over Gifted: NYC's Gifted and Talented Test Changes
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On the NNAT, often students "don't understand what they're supposed to do, " said David Lohman, a professor of educational psychology at the University of Iowa and the co-author of a rival test, called the CogAT.
WSJ: Big Change in Gifted and Talented Testing
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Tutoring companies across the city have reported a frenzy since the NNAT was announced, with families signing children up for private tutoring sessions, enrolling them in multiweek boot camp classes, and buying test preparation booklets in droves even though the test won't be administered until January.
WSJ: Big Change in Gifted and Talented Testing