OLSAT Level E study guide
OLSAT Level E · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
The OLSAT Level E is one level of the Otis-Lennon School Ability Test, a group-administered measure of general cognitive ability used in schools. It is most often taken by students in the later elementary years, roughly ages nine to eleven, and results are commonly reviewed alongside achievement data, teacher ratings, and other evidence when schools make placement decisions for gifted and talented programs, accelerated tracks, or specialized instruction. The OLSAT Level E study guide has 5 sections and about 1,894 words.
01Verbal Comprehension: Word Meaning and Sentence Sense
Verbal Comprehension checks whether you can attach a precise meaning to a single word and use that word inside a sentence. Level E items typically come in three forms: antonyms (choose the word most nearly opposite), synonyms (choose the word closest in meaning), and sentence completion (choose the word, or pair of words, that makes the sentence logically whole).
341 words, about 2 min02Verbal Reasoning: Analogies, Classification, and Careful Logic
Verbal Reasoning asks you to work with relationships between words rather than with single definitions. The usual Level E task types are verbal analogies (A is to B as C is to ?), verbal classification (choose the word that does not belong with the others), logical selection (pick the choice that best satisfies a stated condition), and inference (decide what must be true, or what a short passage implies).
366 words, about 2 min03Pictorial Reasoning: Concrete Pictures and Changing Attributes
Pictorial Reasoning uses pictures of real, nameable objects - animals, foods, tools, vehicles, people. Typical tasks are picture classification (which picture does not belong), picture analogies , and picture series (what comes next).
405 words, about 2 min04Figural Reasoning: Abstract Shapes, Rotations, and Matrices
Figural Reasoning works with abstract shapes - circles, squares, arrows, lines, dots, and shaded regions - rather than pictures of objects. The standard task types are figural classification , figural analogies , figural series , and pattern matrices (a grid, often 2×2 or 3×3, with one cell missing).
403 words, about 2 min05Quantitative Reasoning: Number Patterns and Symbol Logic
Quantitative Reasoning measures numerical thinking rather than calculation speed. Level E items usually include number series (what comes next), numeric inference (symbols or function machines that stand for operations, or equations where a symbol replaces a number), number matrices (a grid with one missing value), and arithmetic reasoning (short word problems).
379 words, about 2 min