This paper reports the analysis of the test's psychometrical qualities from a set of 45 cognitive tests. The tests had been translated and adapted to Brazilian Portuguese from a selection of the tests of the Kit of Factor-Referenced Cognitive Tests of Educational Testing Service. The tests were applied in a sample of 160 students of the third year of one federal high school. Exploratory Factor Analysis, Principal Axis Factoring and Permutation Parallel Analysis were used in the study of reliability of the extracted factors. Markers tests were identified using rigorous criteria. Six scales were identified using the rigorous criteria of markers tests: very good scales, satisfactory scales, acceptable scales, weak scales, discrepant scales and inadequate scales. The results indicated that some tests and some of the generated scales could be regarded as marker tests of cognitive factors. All tests and scales can be considered adjusted by the usual psychometric criterion.
Psychometrical Properties; Intelligence Tests; Validation
