Raven’s Standard Progressive Matrices (SPM)

Get An Accurate Assessment Of Ability To Make Sense Of A Complex Situation

Raven’s SPM is a nonverbal assessment tool designed to measure an individual’s ability to perceive and think clearly, make meaning out of confusion, and formulate new concepts when faced with novel information. It has been used world-wide for more than 70 years.

The SPM score indicates a candidate’s potential for success in such positions as supervisor, mid-level manager, or equivalent technical or professional positions in an organization. These categories of positions typically require clear and accurate thinking, problem identification, holistic situation assessment, and evaluation of tentative solutions for consistency with all available information. The SPM score also can be used for developmental purposes in occupational and educational settings. The nonverbal nature the SPM minimizes the impact of language skills on performance on the assessment.

The SPM is a nonverbal measure of the ability to perceive and think clearly, make meaning out of confusion, and formulate new concepts when faced with novel information. It has been used world-wide for more than 70 years, and is ideally suited for entry- and mid-level positions.

Benefits:

• Minimizes the impact of language skills and cultural bias
• Proven history of reliable and accurate information about a candidate’s reasoning capabilities.

The SPM assessment produces a single raw score and a percentile rank to indicate the candidate’s mental ability compared to a norm group. The score report also contains a narrative that interprets the results. The nonverbal nature of the SPM minimizes the impact of language skills on performance on the assessment.

The SPM is a mental ability test requiring the solution of problems presented as figures with patterns or sequences. Each problem is presented as a pattern or sequence of diagrammatic puzzles with one piece missing. The task is to complete the pattern or sequence by choosing the correct missing piece from a list of options. The problems become progressively more difficult as the test taker proceeds through the problems in the test.

Hand scorable or online scoring