Dr. Lisa Pennington also serves as a member of the private schools’ admissions team (CAIS).

CAIS Admissions Testing is appropriate for any child who will be eligible for JK/TK, Kindergarten or Grades 1-4 the following school year.

The standardized cognitive assessment is one of the tools used to provide parents and schools with an objective, standardized evaluation of your child for admissions
purposes.

Applicants receive a cognitive assessment
recommended by the Charlotte Area
Independent Schools (CAIS) which includes the following:

-Rising JK/TK, K and Grade 1 applications
receive the Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence (WPPSI-IV)

​​-Rising grades 2-4 applicants are administered the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for
Children (WISC-V)