General Scholastic Aptitude Test Junior, Intermediate & Senior (GSAT)

N.C.W. Claassen, H.A. van Niekerk, M.M. Kotze, M. de Beer, U. Ferndale, H.N. Vosloo & M. Viljoen

The General Scholastic Aptitude Test (GSAT) is a complete revision of previous group intelligence tests. The GSAT is a group test measuring the developed general scholastic aptitude of South African learners. When certain conditions are met, scores obtained may be interpreted as IQ scores. The test predicts progress in the conventional teaching situation very well across the board. Psychologists and educators will find the test an invaluable tool for facilitating optimal education for all. The GSAT was developed for English and Afrikaans-speaking learners between the ages of 9 and 18 years. Provision for a wide age spectrum was made by three overlapping series: Junior, Intermediate and Senior.

Series: Lowest Age - Highest Age

For older persons the norms for 18-year-olds may be used.

Equivalent forms

In the first place the two languages in which the test is offered may be regarded as equivalent forms. In addition two equivalent forms of the test are available for each of the two languages.

Shortened forms

Should insufficient time be available to apply the complete test consisting of 6 subtests (7 for the Intermediate Series), the shortened form consisting of the first 4 subtests may be applied.

Bias

Norms

• the combination of English and Afrikaans-speaking learners; and

• the non-environmentally disadvantaged.
• Age norms: Norm scores have a mean of 100 and a standard deviation of 15 (IQ scale). Stanines and percentiles are also given.
• Standard norms: Standard groups serve as reference groups. Norm scores have a mean of 50 and a standard deviation of 10. 

The norms for the GSAT were published in different booklets:

The norms for Afrikaans- and English speaking non-environmentally disadvantaged White, Coloured and Indian learners are included in the Manuals.

2510              GSAT Junior Manual  (Afr)

2511/R           GSAT Junior Manual (Eng) includes the Appendix 2 to the Manual for the GSAT Junior Series Item # 2522

2461 / 2462   GSAT Intermediate Manual  (Afr or Eng Manual)

2754 / 2755    GSAT Senior Manual  (Afr or Eng Manual)

The norms for a combined group non-environmentally disadvantaged and environmentally disadvantaged Afrikaans and English speaking White, Coloured and Indian learners were published in the following appendixes:

2522                   GSAT Junior Age Norms (Eng & Afr) 
2744                   GSAT Intermediate Age Norms (Eng & Afr)

The norms for the Afrikaans- and English speaking environmentally disadvantaged White, Indian and Coloured learners for GSAT Intermediate were published in:

3382                    GSAT Intermediate Age Norms Environmentally Disadvantaged (Eng & Afr)