Contact Us

Want to learn more about Riverside?      Contact Your Local Assessment Consultant

Picture of Dr. Joni M. Lakin

Dr. Joni M. Lakin

Dr. Lakin is a Professor at the University of Alabama and is co-author of the Cognitive Abilities Test™ (CogAT®) Form 8. She studies educational measurement issues related to test validity and fairness with a particular interest in the accessibility of tests for English-learner students. She also studies Science, Technology, Engineering, and Science (STEM) education and interventions that promote STEM retention along the academic journey. Dr. Lakin earned a PhD in Psychological and Quantitative Foundations at the University of Iowa and was an American Educational Research Association (AERA)-Educational Testing Service (ETS) Postdoctoral Fellow at ETS.

CogAT, K-12 Ability Assessments

Cognitively Speaking: A Closer Look at Local Norms

CogAT, K-12 Ability Assessments

Cognitively Speaking: Why and How to Use Local Norms

CogAT, Clinical and Special Education, K-12 Ability Assessments

Implementing Differentiation in the Classroom: 4 Key Questions Answered

CogAT, K-12 Ability Assessments, Parent Resources

Spatially Talented Kids: Developing an Under-appreciated Skillset

Videos and Webinars, CogAT, English Language Learners, K-12 Ability Assessments

Identifying English Learner Students for Gifted and Talented Programming

CogAT, K-12 Ability Assessments

Getting Value and Equity from Your Universal Screening Process

Videos and Webinars, CogAT, K-12 Ability Assessments

Options for Language‐Reduced and Nonverbal Administration with CogAT Form 7 and 8

Videos and Webinars, CogAT, K-12 Ability Assessments

Evidence‐based Suggestions of How to Set up a Universal Screening Process

Videos and Webinars, CogAT, K-12 Ability Assessments

The Myth of Culture-Fair Tests

CogAT, English Language Learners, K-12 Ability Assessments

Measuring Reasoning Skills Among English Learner Students

CogAT, K-12 Ability Assessments

Using CogAT Score Profiles to Differentiate Instruction

CogAT, K-12 Ability Assessments

Four Key Questions on Differentiating Instruction

Videos and Webinars, CogAT, K-12 Ability Assessments

Getting to Know CogAT

CogAT, K-12 Ability Assessments

The Essentials: Using Ability Tests in Gifted and Talented Identification Programs

CogAT, K-12 Ability Assessments

Universal Screening in Gifted and Talented Identification: Implementation and Overcoming Challenges

CogAT, K-12 Ability Assessments

Introducing Form 8 for CogAT

CogAT, K-12 Ability Assessments

CogAT® Form 7 2017 Normative Update

Submit a Comment

Subscribe to our newsletter

Click here to subscribe

Stay up to date