RIAS-2
Reynolds Intellectual Assessment Scales
The RIAS is a shorter IQ test that gives a verbal score, a nonverbal score and an overall score in well under an hour. Some gifted programs accept it, and its screening form, the RIST, takes only a few minutes.
There are optional memory and speed parts the psychologist can add if they want a fuller picture.
- Ages
- 3 to adult
- How it is given
- One-to-one with a psychologist or trained examiner
- How long
- About 20 to 25 minutes for the main part; memory and speed parts are optional
What it measures
- Verbal reasoning: guessing a word from clues, finding how words relate
- Nonverbal reasoning: spotting the odd picture out, finding what is missing in a picture
- Memory (optional): remembering a story or a picture
- Speed (optional): quick, simple choices
What you can do
- Ask the psychologist whether they will give the full test or the short form, so you can tell your child how long it will be.
- Play word-clue games and 'what is missing?' picture games.
- Talk about why things belong together, or why one does not.
Practice for the same skills
None of these is the RIAS-2. Each one builds a general skill it draws on, in a short, friendly format your child can try at home.
- Word analogies lessonHow word pairs relate, step by step: a free lesson that builds vocabulary and verbal reasoning.Try it
- Sentence completion lessonChoosing the word that fits: a free lesson on reading for meaning and word knowledge.Try it
- Matrices-style practicePicture puzzles: find the piece that completes the pattern. No words, no clock. Kindergarten to Grade 8.Try it
- NNAT practiceReasoning with shapes and colors only: no words and no numbers. Kindergarten to Grade 8.Try it
- OLSAT practiceVerbal and nonverbal reasoning, including following directions and word meanings. Kindergarten to Grade 12.Try it
Practice the skills, not the test
These tests are given in person by a trained examiner, and their questions are kept private: publishers do not sell them to families, and nobody can lawfully offer the real items. Nothing on this site is taken from them.
Drilling a child on copies of the questions would not help either. A result is only meaningful if the questions are new to your child, so a rehearsed score can place them in a program that does not fit, and a psychologist may set it aside.
Other tests
- WISC-V
- WPPSI
- Stanford-Binet 5
- KABC-II
- KBIT-2
- WASI-II
- Woodcock-Johnson and WIAT
- Bracken (BSRA)
- SAGES-3
- Raven's
- Spatial Test Battery
- Torrance and CAP
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