Testing Mom
Testing Mom Featured in Huffington Post
TestingMom.com is an online service that provides test prep materials for parents for gifted education and testing, founded in 2010. Testing Mom membership services include expert advice, tele-seminars, practice questions, as well as books and games.
The site also sponsors educational seminars, where parents learn AbOUT the process of getting into private schools or gifted and talented programs. TestingMom.com was founded by Michael McCurdy, NYC Gifted and Talented Parent Expert and by New York Times best-selling author and the Testing Mom, Karen Quinn, whose books Testing For Kindergarten and The Ivy Chronicles led to her moniker of the "Testing Mom."
In 2011, the New York Post used several of Testing Mom's questions as part of a gifted education article. Unfortunately, practicing such tests can invalidate the results of an actual assessment.
Tests Covered
As of 2011, TestingMom.com carries over 25,000 practice questions for the Bracken School Readiness Assessment, Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence, Kaufman Brief Intelligence Test, Otis–Lennon School Ability OLSAT Test, Raven’s Standard Progressive Matrices, Reynolds Intellectual Assessment Scales, Stanford-Binet, Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children,NNAT-2 Test (Naglieri non-verbal abilities test and Woodcock-Johnson Tests of Achievement.