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Bright Kids NYC Delivers Record Results on the Gifted and Talented Exam

Faced with skyrocketing scores, in April 2012 the New York City Department of Education changed the Gifted and Talented entrance exam, replacing the Bracken School Readiness Assessment (BSRA) with the Naglieri Nonverbal Ability Test (NNAT ®2).  The purpose of this … Continue reading


ERB Announces Which WPPSI-IV Subtests Will Be Administered

After announcing a switch to the new WPPSI-IV exam a few months ago, today the ERB announced the 8 subtests that will be administered on their shortened version of the exam. The new test structure maintains 6 of the subtests … Continue reading


NNAT®2 is now 2/3 of the NYC Gifted and Talented Test and OLSAT Nonverbal is dropped

Today, the NYC Department of Education announced changes to the Gifted and Talented testing program. This year NNAT®2 Naglieri Nonverbal Ability Test will weigh 2/3 of the total score while OLSAT will compromise 1/3 of the total score. However, this … Continue reading


Why It Is Important To Prepare For The NY State ELA/Math Tests This Year

Change brings anxiety and this year is the year where true change will come to the ELA/State Math tests in New York. Middle school competition is growing and seats are getting scarce at coveted middle schools.  Many schools look at NY … Continue reading


Hunter College Elementary Admissions Process Changes

Hunter College Elementary School (HCES) has just released updates on its admissions process for Fall 2012 (entry into Kindergarten for Fall 2013). Highlights include: Application for admissions will be posted on their site on August 20th. Residency Requirement: For students … Continue reading


New Law Makes Kindergarten Mandatory in NYC

New York State Governor Cuomo signed a new law today aimed at New York City to make Kindergarten mandatory for all students who will be five by December 1 in a given year. Previously, attending school was optional until a … Continue reading


ABC Nightline Demystifies NYC’s Gifted and Talented Process

ABC Nightline aired a full segment going through the entire Gifted and Talented process in New York City last night. Nightline followed schools, parents, tutors, and consultants for an entire year to understand the full admissions process from start to … Continue reading


NYC DOE keeps the OLSAT – replaces Bracken with NNAT®2

For 2012-2013 testing season, the NYC Department of Education just announced that it will keep OLSAT going forward and will switch the Bracken with the NNAT®2.  Bracken is a knowledge test, while the NNAT®2 is a non-verbal ability test. The … Continue reading


The Latest Breakdown of This Year’s OLSAT Scores

We just read an update from Joyce Szuflita’ website, http://www.nycschoolhelp.com/blog/. She broke down the recent scores of students that applied for admissions to NYC Public school’s Gifted and Talented program: Applying for K in 2012: Total students tested: 14,249 District … Continue reading


The Key to Successfully Prepping Your Child for the Stanford-Binet? Start Early!

Before your child will even be invited to a play date at the prestigious Hunter College Elementary school, he or she will have to score in the 99.5th percentile on the extremely difficult intelligence test known as the Stanford Binet. … Continue reading


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