CLASS 8 · NORMED ON CLASS-8 STUDENTS ONLY

Psychometric assessments, built for Class 8.

Class 8: one year before stream pressure. Walk in prepared.

Class 9 brings board-year seriousness and the first stream conversations. Profiling in Class 8 means you enter that year with evidence in hand — and next year, the Ideal Career Test™ unlocks.

Start the IQ Assessment · Class 8 See all 4 Class 8 assessments

💳 No card needed🎈 Nothing to pass or fail📊 Compared with Class 8 students only

Why Class 8 is the moment

Timing is the whole point.

The stream talk is coming

In 18 months you'll discuss science vs commerce vs humanities. Start building the evidence file now.

Foundation batches start now

Coaching decisions made in Class 8 lock years of time and money. Make them knowing how your child actually learns and thinks.

Last low-stakes year

From Class 9, everything feels loaded. This is the last year your child can be assessed with zero pressure attached.

The four assessments for Class 8

Each psychometric assessment answers one question about your child.

All 4, on this page — what each one measures in Class 8, how long it takes, and what the report gives. Take them in any order; every one adds a line to the same profile.

Class 8 · open now

IQ Assessment

How they think — patterns, memory, reasoning.

Questions: 81
Time: 52 min
Sections measured: 6
Report: PDF + certificate

What it measures in Class 8

The Class 8 paper has 81 questions with a short break midway — every one written and normed for Class 8. Each question lands in one of six zones:

🧩 Pattern recognitionSpotting the rule in a grid of shapes, then completing it.
🔗 Sequential reasoningWorking out what comes next in a series — and why.
👁️ Visual discriminationCatching the one detail that is different.
🔢 Numerical reasoningLogic with numbers — not school maths.
🧊 Spatial reasoningTurning and folding shapes in the mind.
🧠 Working memoryHolding what was just seen and using it a moment later.

What the report gives you

IQ Assessmentstrengths profile · Class 8

🧩 Pattern recognitionStrong

🧊 Spatial reasoningGood

🧠 Working memoryGrowing

Compared with Class 8 students onlySample

A strengths profile of all six zones — their strongest zone named first
An honest likely range on the standard IQ scale (mean 100), and where they stand on the bell curve
A formal table schools can read — score, standing and likely range per scale
A zone map: what each zone means for your child, with practice ideas
A 30-day practice plan, plus a page for parents and one for the counsellor
A certificate with a serial number anyone can verify online

Start the IQ Assessment · Class 8 See the full Class 8 page for this assessment

Class 8 · open now

21st Century Life Skills Assessment

Collaboration, creativity, adaptability.

Questions: 56
Time: ~42 min
Skills · 4 areas: 16
Report: PDF + certificate

What it measures in Class 8

The Class 8 paper has 56 questions — real situations, best-answer checks and honest “that’s me” questions. Each one lands in one of four skill areas:

🧠 Cognitive SkillsHow your child thinks things through — decisions, problems, and checking what they hear before believing it.
🤝 Interpersonal SkillsHow they work with people — teaming up, leading, adjusting when plans change, getting ideas across.
💪 Intrapersonal SkillsHow they handle themselves — empathy, bouncing back, starting things and sticking with them.
💻 Digital SkillsHow smartly they live online — spotting fake content, finding trustworthy information, staying safe.

What the report gives you

21st Century Life Skills Assessmentskills profile · Class 8

⛰️ Persistence & GritStrength

🗣️ CommunicationDeveloping

📰 Media LiteracyFocus

Compared with Class 8 students onlySample

Their strongest skill area, named in plain words
A wheel of all four skill areas, with a score for each
All 16 skills on one honest scale — Strength (70+) · Developing (40–69) · Focus Area (below 40)
One named strength and one focus area — where to start
A growth plan of small real-life activities, matched to Class 8
A page for parents and one for the teacher or counsellor
A certificate with a verification code, plus a share card

Start the 21st Century Life Skills Assessment · Class 8 See the full Class 8 page for this assessment

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Communication Assessment

How they listen, speak and connect — six skills, measured separately.

Questions: 60
Time: ~45 min
Skills measured: 6
Report: PDF + certificate

What it measures in Class 8

In the Class 8 paper, 60 quick questions cover six skills — some scored, some honest self-checks.

🔤 English SkillsScored questions on vocabulary, grammar and understanding what they read.
🗣️ Speaking & ExpressingHow clearly and confidently ideas come out in spoken words — an honest self-check.
👂 ListeningA self-check first — then the Listening Lab plays a real passage and asks what was heard.
🔎 Reading Non-verbal CuesScored questions: what does a face, a pause or a tone of voice really mean?
🧍 Body Language & VoiceThe signals they send — eye contact, posture, expressions, tone of voice.
🤝 Connecting with PeopleScored people-moments: saying hard things kindly, adjusting to the audience.

What the report gives you

Communication Assessmentcommunication report · Class 8

🔤 EnglishStrong

👂 ListeningGood

🗣️ SpeakingGrowing

🤝 People skillsGood

Compared with Class 8 students onlySample

Overall communication level — a score out of 100, in plain words
All six skills scored, each with what to do next
The headline: strongest skill, and the first one to grow
Lab results (listening, speaking) when taken
A practice plan of age-right activities
Separate notes for parents and for teachers
Growth against their own last attempt on every retake
A printable certificate and a share card

Coming soon — in final review with our psychologistsRead about the Communication Assessment See the full Class 8 page for this assessment

Coming soon

Learning Ability Assessment

How they learn best — and how to teach them.

Questions: 65
Time: ~36 min
Sections: 6
Report: PDF + certificate

What it measures in Class 8

In the Class 8 paper: 65 questions across six short parts. No right or wrong answers — just pick what feels true.

Learning styleScenario questions — pick what feels most like you. This finds the mix of seeing, hearing, reading and doing.
Intelligence strengths“How much is this like you?” lines across 8 kinds of smart — words, numbers, pictures, music, body, people, self and nature.
Study habitsHonest questions about the real routine — the table, the timetable, the phone.
Memory and attentionHow long focus lasts before the brain asks for a break, and how things stick.
Motivation and mindsetWhat they believe about getting better with practice — effort or ‘fixed’ ability.
Exam strategyRevision method, practice papers and staying calm in the exam hall.

What the report gives you

Learning Ability Assessmentlearning style mix · Class 8

👀 Seeing38%

👂 Hearing27%

📖 Reading20%

🤲 Doing15%

Compared with Class 8 students onlySample

Four style percentages that always add up to 100
A learning-superpower badge — strengths in encouraging words, never a label
All 8 intelligence strengths on one map
Scores out of 100 for study habits, focus, mindset and exam readiness
A personalised study plan — do-at-home actions for this class
One card for parents, one for teachers
Year-on-year comparison when the assessment is retaken

Coming soon — in final review with our psychologistsRead about the Learning Ability Assessment See the full Class 8 page for this assessment

Unlocks next year

The Ideal Career Test™ — AI-Era Edition, from Class 9

Interests, aptitude, EQ and work style mapped to 2,002 career options — built for the stream decision. Starting this year means Class 9 begins with evidence already in hand.

See the Class 9 page

The report

Questions your Class 8 report answers

Is my child ready for Class 9's jump in difficulty?
Which subjects will their strengths carry them through?
Should we join a foundation batch — and which kind suits them?
What should we strengthen this year before boards begin?

A glimpse

What an insight looks like

Three lines from a sample Class 8 profile — what was found, and what to do with it.

Sample — Class 8Sample

Reasoning82nd percentile (Class 8 norms)Ready for a challenge batch

Learning styleVisual-logicalWhiteboard-teaching coaching will suit; pure lecture won't (Learning Ability Assessment, opening soon)

Stress signalsLowGood year to stretch them

How it works

Three steps, no drama

Step 1

Take the assessment

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Step 2

Get the profile

Scored against Class 8 norms only — strengths named first, never a pass/fail mark.

Step 3

Act on it

Plain-language actions for home and school.

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Class 8 parents ask

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Should we wait for Class 9 and take the career assessment instead?

No — take the IQ and 21st Century Life Skills Assessments now (Communication and Learning Ability open soon), and add the Ideal Career Test™ next year.

Can this tell us about coaching batches?

The Learning Ability Assessment (opening soon) tells you how your child learns — which is exactly what decides whether a batch style will work or waste a year.

Is Class 8 too early to think about streams?

It's too early to decide, exactly right to prepare. Evidence gathered now makes the Class 10 decision calm instead of frantic.

What unlocks in Class 9?

The Ideal Career Test™ — AI-Era Edition: interests, aptitude, EQ and work style mapped to 2,002 career options, built for the stream decision.

Class 8 won't wait.

Understand them now, support them all year.

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