In a few years I will send to college one more kid who is now a middle schooler. I hope to help him fully develop/realize his potential in the meantime so he will fall into a good fit college. But being in an average school district in the flyover country I am not certain what his potential is. How can I find that out? I have no interest in subjecting him to long standard tests, e.g., SAT/PSAT/SSAT.
I googled and my first hit was a functional assessment of short test (FAST), only 6 min long, many countries use it, but for bipolar disorder, not for a normal kid. Instead of googling more, I suspect that on CC there are many experts, educators, and experienced parents who've helped their students/kids, started way younger than mine, into the best fit colleges. So you may some short assessment instruments or secret rule of thumb to share. I am interested in evaluating many areas, academic or nonacademic alike, and sub-areas, e.g., if math, strengths and weakness in algebra, geometry, logic, or what have you.
TIA.
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