Cognitive Assessment System
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The Das-Naglieri Cognitive Assessment System (CAS) test is an assessment test given to school children to their academic strengths and weaknesses.
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[edit] History
Developed by Jack Naglieri, PhD, a psychologist at George Mason University and psychologist J.P. Das, PhD of the University of Alberta.
The test is based on the theories of Soviet neuropsychologist A.R. Luria, similarly to Alan S. Kaufman's KABC.
[edit] Present Use
CAS assesses a student’s planning, attention, simultaneous and successive processes
[edit] Criticisms
There is criticism of this test due to its low correlation with other traditional tests.
[edit] See also
- Educational psychology
- School psychology
- Intelligence quotient
- Cognitive test
- Otis-Lennon School Ability Test (OLSAT)
- Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC)
- Stanford Binet
- Cognitive Abilities Test (CogAT)
- NNAT
