Otis-Lennon School Ability Test®, Eighth Edition

Assess the Abilities that Relate to Success in School

At a Glance:

 Scores: Hand or machine-scorable.

 Norms: School Ability Index, Percentile Rank, Stanine, and NCE by age; Percentile Rank,
Stanine and NCE by grade; Achievement/Ability Comparisons when administered with
Stanford 10, and Scaled Scores to represent performance on a continuous growth scale and
to allow for out-of-level testing situations
 Forms: One (Form 5) with seven levels

Assess the Abilities that Relate to Success in School

To learn new things, students must be able to perceive accurately, to recognize and recall what has
been perceived, to think logically, to perceive relationships, to abstract from a set of particulars, and
to apply a generalization to new and different contexts. By evaluating a student’s performance on a
variety of tasks, OLSAT 8 assesses those abilities that are related to success in school. Tasks such as
detecting likenesses and differences, recalling words and numbers, defining words, following
directions, classifying, establishing sequence, solving arithmetic problems, and completing
analogies are included in OLSAT 8 since they have been shown to be valid measures of an
individual’s ability to reason logically.

Recognized for Technical Excellence

OLSAT 8 has new norms achieved through representative standardization samples. Furthermore,
specialized statistical procedures and a comprehensive review of all test items by a panel of
minority-group educators helped minimize ethnic, gender, cultural, or regional bias on the new
OLSAT.

With new items and new norms, the Otis-Lennon School Ability Test, Eighth Edition is the latest
addition to a distinguished series of tests first authored by Arthur S. Otis and Roger T. Lennon in
1936.

Through the years, OLSAT has gained the confidence of educators nationwide who want to assess
the unique abilities each student brings to the learning process. The new OLSAT continues this
tradition of excellence.

LATEST EDITION

The OLSAT is currently in its 8th edition, with the 9th edition soon to be released. The OLSAT 8 is
more kid-friendly than previous editions. Additionally, the OLSAT 8 includes online results and data
qualification for easier, customized reporting.

History of previous OLSAT editions:

OLSAT Edition Date Published

1st ed. August 13, 1979
2nd ed. September 10, 1982
6th ed. November 15, 1988
7th ed. October 23, 1995
8th ed. Currently in use
OLSAT Question Types

Verbal Nonverbal
Verbal Comprehension Pictorial Reasoning
Following Directions Picture Classification
Antonyms Picture Analogies
Sentence Completion Picture Series
Sentence Arrangement Figural Reasoning
Verbal Reasoning Figural Classification
Aural Reasoning Figural Analogies
Arithmetic Reasoning Pattern Matrix
Logical Selection Figural Series
Word/Letter Matrix Quantitative Reasoning
Verbal Analogies Number Series
Verbal Classification Numeric Inference
Inference Number Matrix

Number of Questions on the OLSAT

The OLSAT has a varying number of questions and minutes allotted depending on the level. Read
the table below for further information:

Questions
Level Verbal Nonverbal Total Time Limit
A (Pre-K) 16 24 40 77 min.
A (K) 30 30 60 77 min.
B 30 30 60 77 min.
C 30 30 60 72 min.
D 32 32 64 50 min.
E 36 36 72 60 min.
F 36 36 72 60 min.
G 36 36 72 60 min.

LEVELS OF OLSAT
Recommended Levels
Grades Level

K A

1 B

2 C
 3 D

4-5 E

6-8 F

9-12 G

OTIS-LENNON SCHOOL ABILITY TEST 8th Ed.

(Level A – D) P 18,000.00/Level
Includes:
Directions for Administering
25 Non-Reusable Test Booklets
Response Key
Score Record

OTIS-LENNON SCHOOL ABILITY TEST 8th Ed.

(Level E – G) P 18,000.00/Level
Includes:
Directions for Administering
25 Reusable Test Booklets
50 Answer Sheets
Response Key
Score Record

OLSAT 8th Edition Manual P 15,000.00

(Please specify if Fall or Spring)

Re-order Costs:

Answer Sheet - P 25.00/pc.

Test Booklet - P 180.00/pc.