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Professional Academic Profiling Assessments
The Academic Profiling Test (APT) is widely used by independent schools and educational consultants as part of our admissions systems and advisory services. This test has been created to provide a comprehensive assessment of a student’s academic skills across 4 areas: English, Mathematics, Verbal Reasoning and Non-Verbal Reasoning.
It is a collaboration between experts in assessment, former headmasters and educationalists, using the highest quality teacher-written test questions and adaptive technology. The APT can be used to demonstrate performance to future
schools or monitor academic progress, or even as practice for other reasoning-type tests such as UKiset, ISEB Pretest or 11+ entrance exams.
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The APT is an online assessment which is followed by a 30-minute feedback session with a qualified member of the team to interpret and explain results and discuss next steps; whether this be admission to a particular school or college, additional tuition in areas highlighted as needing development, or alternative programs and provision.
This assessment analyses and reports on over 40 sub-categories, saving you both time and money exploring where your child's gaps in learning are, hence why many parents choose to begin their journey with us by investing in it.
The Focus Assessment
Help your child progress by working SMARTER. Find out more about your child's capacity for concentration, information processing, and task-adherence. This assessment will help you (and your child) gain an insight into how they can make the most of their tuition and school.
FOCUS measures several aspects (called constructs) that influence Attentional Control. These constructs are Consistency, Performance, Impulsivity, and Distractions (audio and visual). It is an objective tool to measure concentration scientifically.
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Consistency
Consistency is the measurement of the quality of reacting or performing in a similar way in terms of accuracy and responsiveness when having to execute boring, mundane or repetitive tasks. Consistent behaviour results in achieving a level of performance which does not vary greatly in quality over time. Inconsistent behaviour results in a fluctuation of the quality execution of the task due to the individual having trouble maintaining his or her focus, especially when the task at hand is boring or repetitive.
Performance
Performance is the accomplishment of a given task measured against pre-set known standards of accuracy and speed, i.e. being attentive to completing the task accurately and on time. Overall performance of the individual is measured in terms of being accurate versus inaccurate and being on-time.
Impulsivity
Impulsivity (or being impulsive) involves a tendency to act suddenly and without careful thought, reflection or consideration of the consequences. Impulsive actions are typically poorly conceived, prematurely expressed, unduly risky, or inappropriate to the situation that often result in undesirable consequences. Impulsivity is both the tendency to respond prior to the evoking stimuli being presented (i.e. guessing which stimulus is presented) and the tendency to respond when he or she should not (i.e. incorrectly responding to the non-target).
Distraction
Distraction is the process of diverting the attention of the individual from the desired area of focus and thereby blocking or diminishing the reception of desired information.
Visual distraction – determining the impact of visual changes in the environment on the individual’s performance.
Auditory distraction – determining the impact of auditory changes in the environment on the individual’s performance.
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Please note, these are stand-alone services which we provide to parents at an additional cost. Anyone is free to use our assessment services and if doing so you are under no obligation to purchase any other services from us.
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If you require any additional information or wish to chat about how or if these assessments are suitable for your child please don't hesitate to get in touch.