OLSAT Level D study guide
OLSAT Level D · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
OLSAT Level D is one of the levels of the Otis-Lennon School Ability Test, a multiple-choice school ability test published by Pearson. Level D is generally taken by students in upper elementary through middle school grades, and schools use it to estimate reasoning ability rather than to measure taught content. Because the published product page was unavailable when this page was assembled, no verified details exist here for item counts, time limits, scoring, fees, or retake rules, and nothing on this page should be treated as an official statement from Pearson. What can be described is the ability structure the test is organized around: verbal comprehension, verbal reasoning, pictorial reasoning, and figural reasoning, each weighted equally in this profile. Topics on this exam: Verbal comprehension, Verbal reasoning, Pictorial reasoning, and Figural reasoning. The OLSAT Level D study guide has 4 sections and about 1,450 words.
01Verbal Comprehension
OLSAT Level D Verbal Comprehension measures how accurately you interpret word meaning and sentence structure. Items typically include antonyms, sentence completion, and sentence arrangement. Questions are multiple-choice and often depend on a single word or connector, so close reading matters more than speed. The test rewards precise vocabulary and attention to grammar, not general knowledge.
380 words, about 2 min02Verbal Reasoning
OLSAT Level D Verbal Reasoning tests logic and relationships expressed in words. Common item types are verbal analogies, logical selection, arithmetic reasoning, and word/letter matrices. You must infer a rule and apply it, not just recognize vocabulary. Many items include distractors that are associated with the topic but do not satisfy the exact relationship.
358 words, about 2 min03Pictorial Reasoning
OLSAT Level D Pictorial Reasoning uses drawings of real objects rather than abstract shapes. It checks whether you can classify objects, complete picture analogies, and predict the next picture in a series. The content is visual, but the thinking is categorical and sequential. The pictures are everyday items, so the challenge is finding the rule, not identifying the object.
369 words, about 2 min04Figural Reasoning
OLSAT Level D Figural Reasoning uses abstract figures-lines, shapes, dots, and shading-with no real-world meaning. It measures classification, analogies, series, and pattern completion. You must infer a rule from visual features and apply it exactly. Because the figures are unfamiliar, careful comparison matters more than quick recognition.
343 words, about 2 min