Question: What is the Test of Auditory Reasoning and Processing Skills?
Answer: The Test of Auditory Reasoning and Processing Skills measures the quality and quantity of a subject's auditory thinking and reasoning; the ability of a child to draw conclusions; to make inferences, and to apply and use judgment from what a child auditorily perceives. Moreover, the test is designed for ages 5 - 14 and the test completes in 15 minutes.

TARPS

This test will measure a child's ability to think logically, conceptually and abstractly... to perceive auditory matter accurately, make sense of it, and use judgment and common sense in bringing the matter to a conclusion. Another purpose of the TARPS is to assess how well a child can pick out key words in a question or a statement, and know that the key word holds the clue to the answer, or is the answer.

TARPS taps the following functions: General Information, Arithmetic Reasoning, Verbal Absurdities, Finding Reasons, Analogical Completions, Comprehension, Directional Orientation and Similarities.