Iowa Assessments

Standardized tests help schools objectively assess students’ academic progress and potential from year to year. A.C.E. School of Tomorrow, through Riverside Publishing, offers one of the finest achievement and aptitude test combinations available.


The Iowa Assessments™ Form E Complete Battery (Iowa Complete) and the Cognitive Abilities Test™ (CogAT®) Form 7 measure how students are performing on nationwide standards. The Iowa Complete is a large-scale achievement test that assesses students’ skills in reading, language, mathematics, social studies, and science. The test measures both foundation skills and higher-order thinking skills. The CogAT evaluates the development of students’ reasoning abilities using verbal, quantitative, and nonverbal cognitive tasks. When the two are taken together, the scores are a valuable tool, relating a student’s actual achievement with his or her ability and providing a wealth of information to parents and school staff. The CogAT Form 7 is administered in Levels 2, 5, and 8.

The Iowa Assessments measures what a student knows and can do efficiently. Therefore, the subtests are timed. The times have been established to give a student sufficient time to answer the questions. All questions are in multiple-choice format. Staying within the timed guidelines will give a more accurate test result.

Fall testing for new enrollments must be conducted at the beginning of the school year for accurate results. Please refer to the Testing Dates and Levels page for deadlines and recommended test levels by testing period. Testing a new student at the beginning of the school year and again at the end of the year gives school administration insight into the growth achieved during the first year of attendance. Tests are administered two to three mornings, depending on the level being tested.

Iowa Assessments are available in two formats. Click the links below for details.

Iowa Assessments materials are only available to campus-based schools that use the A.C.E. curriculum and have a Ministry Service Agreement. If you are interested in obtaining a Ministry Service Agreement, please contact your Ministry Service Representative. If you are unsure who your representative is, you may contact A.C.E. Education Services at 1-800-470-8991. For schools with students enrolled in the Dual Enrollment program, testing is not provided by Lighthouse Christian Academy; Dual Enrollment schools are responsible for arranging their own testing.

To place an order for Iowa Assessments, follow these steps:

  1. Download and print the Planning Guide to prepare.
  2. Complete the Test Qualifications form and click Submit.
  3. After your account is approved, you will receive a confirmation email. Once approved, continue with the steps below.
  4. Go to aceschooloftomorrow.com and log in with your school credentials.
  5. Hover over the Categories menu and select Testing Materials.
  6. In the Subjects filter (not the header menu), choose Iowa Assessments.

    If Iowa Assessments does not appear, you may be logged in under an unapproved account or your approval has not yet updated. Refresh the page and log out and back in to update your access.
  7. To purchase paper testing: Add the items to your cart and complete the order as usual. Do not place PACEs and Iowa Test items on the same order. Be sure to include Grade/Class ID Sheets (one per grade).

    To purchase online licenses: After submitting the Test Qualifications form (step 2), wait for an email from iowainfo@aceschooloftomorrow.com with further instructions.

Iowa Assessments materials cannot be purchased by individual homeschool families. Students enrolled in Lighthouse Christian Academy, the official distance education program of A.C.E. School of Tomorrow, will be offered these tests at no additional cost.