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Examples of Tests Accepted for SEP Eligibility

Please contact the Center to check if the test you have is acceptable.

Tests Accepted
American Testronics Metropolitan Achievement Tests (MAT)
Brigance Basic Skills (Pre-K) Metropolitan Readiness Test
California Achievement Tests Naglieri Nonverbal Ability Test
Cognitive Abilities Test National Tests of Basic Skills
Cognitive Assessment System (CAS) Otis-Lennon
Columbia Mental Maturity Test Peabody Individual Assessment Test
Comprehensive Inventory Basic Skills (CIBS) Ravens Progressive Matrices
Comprehensive Test of Basic Skills (CTBS) Screening Assessment for Gifted Elementary and Middle School Students (SAGES-2)
Differential Ability Scales (DAS) SAT
Differential Aptitude Tests (DAT) Slosson Intelligence Test (SIT)
Degrees of Reading Power (DRP) SRA
Comprehensive Testing Power (CTP) Stanford Achievement Test
Iowa Tests of Basic Skills (ITBS) Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale
Kaufman Assessment Battery Terra Nova (CTBS)
Kaufman Brief Intelligence Test (K-BIT) Test of Language Development
Kaufman Test of Educational Achievement (K-TEA) Universal Nonverbal Intelligence Test (UNIT)
KeyMath Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (over age 6)
Kuhlmann-Anderson Measure of Academic Potential Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence Test (WPPSI-III) (under age 6)
Leiter International Performance Scale Wide Range Achievement Test
Matrix Analogies Test (MAT)

If your student does not currently have a qualifying test score, please see the eligibility requirements below and you will notice that a test score is NOT required.

Eligibility Requirements

Students must be in grade K-12 during the current school year and at least one of the following must apply:

  • Student has shown high interest/achievement in one or more of the content areas OR
  • Student has received a distinguished rating on the state assessment OR
  • Student has been identified for services as a gifted child OR
  • Student has a score at or above the 90th percentile on the total battery or at or above the 95th percentile on the total mathematics or language/reading section of the most recent achievement test.