Pearson Assessment: Brace Educational Measurement

Pearson Assessment, formally know as Harcourt Brace Educational Measurement is a test publishing company that provides educational assessment assistance for grades K-12. They offer products and services for scholastic aptitude and achievement tests administered in school systems across the United States. Pearson Assessment furnishes catalogs that include descriptions of test, uses, cost, administration time, and other similar information that are useful to schools when selecting appropriate test (Miller, Linn, Gronlund, 2009). By reviewing the Otis-Lennon Ability Test and the Stanford Achievement Test Series provided by Pearson Assessment one can obtain an overview of each test and understand the differences between the two and their scoring methods. In addition, if both tests are given in combination an achievement/ability comparison can be done. Making these test a great resource for school in measuring overall student learning ability and achievement.
Otis-Lennon Ability Test
The test covers ages ranging from Kindergarten through Grade 12 aimed at evaluating a student’s performance on a variety of task, including verbal, nonverbal, and quantitative items. In addition, all test items are reviewed by minority-group educators to help minimize ethnic, gender, cultural, and regional bias. The test can be administered online or by paper-and-pencil. Completion time varies by level but has a maximum time of 75 minutes. Data supplies insights to a student’s abilities that relate to success in school (Pearson Assessment,