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Purpose
Screens for reasoning and problem-solving skills
Authors
Cecil R. Reynolds, PhD
Administration Formats
Additional Details
Measure Reasoning Ability and Problem-Solving Skills with Individual or Group Administration
A timed power test, the TOGRA is a speeded measure of reasoning ability and problem-solving skills designed for individual or group administration. Unlike many similar measures, the TOGRA can be administered via computer.
Features and benefits
- As a result of extensive expert review and statistical analysis, the TOGRA’s racial, gender, and religious bias is minimal—ideal for any measure used for selection purposes.
- Two equivalent forms allow retesting and progress monitoring capabilities.
- Because it is a speeded measure of reasoning, it may also be useful to compare TOGRA performance with performance on power tests such as the Reynolds Adaptable Intelligence Test ( RAIT) or the Reynolds Intellectual Assessment Scales ( RIAS) to determine whether testing accommodations are needed on other timed standardized tests.
- Administration and easy scoring are available through PARiConnect. Paper administration is also available.
- Offers a wider variety of item content and greater test score stability than competing measures.
- Yields a General Reasoning Index (GRI), a highly reliable score that reflects overall measurement of the general factor of reasoning and problem-solving skill.
- Consists of items that assess verbal, nonverbal, and quantitative reasoning and problem-solving skills through tasks that are inductive as well as deductive in nature.
- Requires only 16 minutes for administration and 2-3 minutes for scoring.
- Learn how to administer the TOGRA remotely in our whitepaper located in the resources area below.
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What is the technical information for the TOGRA™?
Administration
- Two equivalent alternate forms (Blue and Green) enable you to retest and monitor progress without worrying about practice effects.
- Can be administered to groups or individuals either online or via paper and pencil. This flexibility makes the TOGRA a viable option for use in human resource and related industrial settings, schools, juvenile and adult justice systems, and clinical settings.
- Requires only 16 minutes for administration and 2-3 minutes for scoring.
- Two equivalent alternate forms (Blue and Green) enable you to retest and monitor progress without worrying about practice effects.
- Qualification level B.
Scoring and Reporting
- Yields a General Reasoning Index (GRI), a highly reliable score that reflects overall measurement of the general factor of reasoning and problem-solving skill.
- The Score Summary Form allows you to track examinees’ scores over multiple administrations and to calculate reliable change scores.
- Multiple types of scores are provided, including z scores, normal curve equivalents, stanines, percentiles, and, for the younger ages, age equivalents.
Reliability, validity, and norms
- Standardized on a 2010-Census-matched sample of 3,013 individuals.
- As a result of extensive expert review and statistical analysis, the TOGRA’s racial, gender, and religious bias is minimal—ideal for any measure used for selection purposes.
- An investigation of TOGRA scores’ relationship to examinees’ occupational data revealed expected patterns, with median GRI scores increasing as examinees’ industries moved from physically oriented occupations to business- and science-oriented occupations.
Technical information
- Standardized on a sample of 3,013 individuals matched with 2010 U.S. Census statistics.
- Multiple types of scores are provided, including z scores, normal curve equivalents, stanines, percentiles, and, for the younger ages, age equivalents.
- An investigation of TOGRA scores’ relationship to examinees’ occupational data revealed expected patterns, with median GRI scores increasing as examinees’ industries moved from physically oriented occupations to business- and science-oriented occupations.
