InView cognitive abilities test

InView practice tests

InView is a group test of reasoning that many school districts give in Grades 2 to 12, often to find students for gifted programs and often alongside the TerraNova achievement test. It has five subtests: Sequences, Analogies and Quantitative Reasoning, which use pictures and numbers, and Verbal Reasoning-Words and Verbal Reasoning-Context, which use words and short facts. Each subtest has 20 questions with four choices, and the test comes in levels for each pair of grades.

Our InView-style practice gives all five subtests at the level for your child's grade (Level 1 for Grades 2 and 3 up to Level 6 for Grades 11 and 12), 20 questions each with four choices, timed. Each test is new when your child starts it, and the score shows straight away.

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A look at the test

Questions in the InView style

Written by us in the style of the published InView question types.

Level 1, Analogies
The first shape changes into the second in a certain way. Which shape completes the second pair in the same way?
1. A
2. B
3. C
4. D
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AnswerA
1. Name the change in the first pair
  The shape is turned a quarter turn counterclockwise.
2. Check that is the ONLY change
  Nothing else about the shape moves — same parts, same sizes, and the shading stays as it was unless the change says otherwise.
3. Do the same to the third shape, and no more than that.
4. Final answer
  The picture showing the third shape turned a quarter turn counterclockwise.
Remember
Name the change from the first shape to the second: a turn, a flip, or the shading swapped.
Level 1, Verbal Reasoning-Words: word sets
whisper talk shout
walk jog ____
The words in the top row go together in a certain way. Which word completes the bottom row in the same way?
1. Asecond
2. Bsprint
3. Cshoe
4. Dsit
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AnswerBsprint
1. Say how the top row goes
  whisper, talk, shout. Each one is a stronger amount of the same thing.
2. Use the same link on the bottom row
  walk, jog, then what?
3. Final answer
  sprint.
Remember
Say how the top row goes from its first word to its last in one sentence, like "each one grows into the next" or "each one is part of the next, bigger one".
Level 2, Quantitative Reasoning
? = 13 + 10
Which number should replace the question mark?
1. A23
2. B25
3. C3
4. D22
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AnswerA23
1. Work out every part you already know first, including any shape that stands for a number.
2. Then undo the step next to the question mark: subtracting undoes adding, and dividing undoes multiplying.
3. 13 + 10 = 23.
4. Final answer
  23.
Remember
Work out every part you already know first, including any shape that stands for a number.
Level 3, Verbal Reasoning-Context
Victor is lighter than Priya. Fiona is heavier than Priya.
If the facts are true, which statement must also be true?
1. AFiona is lighter than Victor.
2. BFiona is lighter than Priya.
3. CFiona is the heaviest.
4. DPriya is lighter than Victor.
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AnswerCFiona is the heaviest.
1. Read each fact on its own.
2. Put everyone in order from the facts, heaviest first.
3. Test each choice
  Must it be true, or only might it be?
4. Final answer
  Fiona is the heaviest.
Remember
Use only the facts given, not what usually happens.

The test

Levels by grade

Level	Grades	Questions	Time	Question types in our tests
Level 1	Grades 2 and 3	5 subtests of 20	About 105 minutes	Sequences with shapes only, picture analogies, number puzzles and balances, word sets and short facts about two or three people.
Level 2	Grades 4 and 5	5 subtests of 20	About 105 minutes	Letters and numbers join the sequences; number grids join quantitative reasoning; the facts grow to four people.
Level 3	Grades 6 and 7	5 subtests of 20	About 105 minutes	Harder figure analogies, longer number and letter series, and facts that leave some things undecided.
Level 4	Grades 8 and 9	5 subtests of 20	About 105 minutes	Harder word, number and figure questions, with longer chains of facts.
Level 5	Grade 10	5 subtests of 20	About 105 minutes	High school words in the word sets and odd-one-out lists, every borrowed question one step harder, and facts about five people or four people and four things.
Level 6	Grades 11 and 12	5 subtests of 20	About 105 minutes	The hardest material we build: orders of six people with links left out, rules that have to be run backward, and the top of every number and figure list.

The five subtests, 20 questions each, the four choices and a level for each pair of grades are what every published source agrees on. DRC does not openly publish each subtest's time or the kinds of question inside it, so our minutes (15, 20, 30, 20 and 20) and our mix are estimates. Sources disagree on which grades sit Levels 5 and 6; we set Level 5 for Grade 10 and Level 6 for Grades 11 and 12.

By grade

Free practice for each grade

Pricing

Three free practice tests. Unlimited tests and answers are US$49.

A free account includes 3 practice tests. A plan opens unlimited tests and shows your child what they got right, the right answers and how to reach them, on every CogAT, NNAT, OLSAT, NGAT, SCAT, InView, matrices and spatial reasoning test. Practicing for more than one kind of test? The US bundle covers them all for US$99.

Gifted test packLaunch price

US$49

for 6 months

Which questions your child got right, after every practice test
The right answer to every question
A worked solution for every question, step by step
CogAT from Kindergarten to Grade 8, all three batteries
NNAT and OLSAT from Kindergarten to Grade 12, NGAT to Grade 9
SCAT-style Verbal and Quantitative for the CTY talent search, Grades 2 to 9
InView-style practice, all five subtests, Grades 2 to 12
Matrices-style picture reasoning from Kindergarten to Grade 8, and spatial reasoning for Grades 5 to 8

Every US testLaunch price

US$99

for 6 months

Everything in every US pack, in one payment
CogAT, NNAT, OLSAT and NGAT, for gifted and talented programs
SCAT-style practice for the CTY talent search, Grades 2 to 9
InView-style practice for gifted screening, Grades 2 to 12
Matrices-style and spatial reasoning practice
ISEE and SSAT, for private school entry
HSPT and TACHS, for Catholic high school entry
Hunter-style practice, for Hunter College High School
Math contest practice, Grades 1 to 8
MAP Growth practice, by grade and subject
i-Ready-style Math and Reading, Kindergarten to Grade 8
Early reading practice, Kindergarten to Grade 3
SHSAT practice for Grades 8 and 9, English and math
Iowa practice for Grades 3 to 8, all five Core tests
TerraNova, Stanford 10 and CTP-style practice for Grades 3 to 8
ACT-style English, Math, Reading and Science for Grades 10 to 12
SAT-style and PSAT-style practice, Grades 8 to 12, Reading and Writing and Math
State test practice: STAAR-style and CAASPP-style math and reading, Grades 3 to 8

One payment in US dollars for 6 months of access. No auto-renewal: when the 6 months end, access stops unless you buy again.

Questions

What parents ask

Are these real InView questions?: No. InView questions are secure. We write our own questions in the style of the five subtests DRC describes, at the same length, with four choices.
Which level should my child practice?: The level for your child's grade on test day: Level 1 for Grades 2 and 3, Level 2 for Grades 4 and 5, Level 3 for Grades 6 and 7, Level 4 for Grades 8 and 9, Level 5 for Grade 10 and Level 6 for Grades 11 and 12. If your district's letter names a level, use that one. Choose your child's grade below.
How long does InView take?: Sources put the whole test at about 90 to 120 minutes, often split over two sittings. Our subtests are timed at 15 minutes for Sequences, 30 for Quantitative Reasoning and 20 for each of the other three, about 105 minutes in all.
What is the Cognitive Skills Index (CSI)?: It is InView's overall score, set by age, with an average of 100. Only the real test can give one. Our score is the number of practice questions answered correctly, and we never show a CSI or a percentile.
Is it free?: A free account includes 3 practice tests. A plan opens unlimited InView-style tests and shows which questions were right, the right answers and a worked solution for each. The gifted pack (US$49 for six months) covers CogAT, NNAT, OLSAT, NGAT, SCAT, InView, matrices and spatial reasoning. The US bundle (US$99) covers every US test we offer.

InView is a cognitive abilities test published by Data Recognition Corporation (DRC), first developed by CTB/McGraw-Hill. Scholar Tests is not affiliated with or endorsed by DRC, CTB, McGraw-Hill or any school district. Our InView-style practice questions are written by us in the style of the published InView question types; they are not real InView questions, and a practice score is not an InView score or a Cognitive Skills Index.