The Iowa Tests® | BJU Press Testing & Evaluation

The Iowa Tests® Form A includes some exciting features that were not available on previous editions. Among them are a Primary Reading Profile score report with Lexile level pdf document for grades K-3 (included for free!), and an interest inventory for grades 9-12.

Available year-round, these nationally standardized tests meet most transfer or state requirements. You may administer either the complete battery or certain parts of the test.

The Iowa Tests of Basic Skills® (ITBS®) and Iowa Tests of Educational Development® (ITED®) are also available in combination with the CogAT® (Cognitive Abilities Test™) and/or with Interest Explorer™ (grades 9–12). CogAT results also include a Lexile level. pdf document

To administer The Iowa Tests (achievement tests) and/or CogAT (abilities tests), you must be listed with us as a pre-approved tester for The Iowa Tests, which requires a one-time completion of an application.pdf document

K5–2 (Levels 5–8) must be administered separately by grade.
Grades 3–8 (Levels 9–14) may be administered together.
Grades 9–12 (Levels 15–18) may be administered together.

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Confidential Results Include Completion Times* The Iowa Tests Evaluate
  • Norm-referenced scores: standard, grade equivalent, stanine, and percentile rank
  • Graphed achievement percentiles
  • Content cluster skills evaluations
  • Skills performance ratings
  • Score interpretation brochure
K5–Grade 3
  • 3–5 hours over 3 days
Grades 4–8
  • 5.5 hours over 3 days
Grades 9–12
  • 3.5 hours over 2 days
  • Word analysis
  • Reading comprehension
  • Vocabulary
  • Mathematics
  • Language
  • Spelling
  • Social studies/science
  • Listening

*Approximate testing time for complete battery