You've been making decisions without all the information. This is how you get it.
The Highlands Ability Battery is the gold standard in identifying how you're actually wired — your natural abilities, learning style, and decision-making strengths. Paired with a 90-minute strategy session with Wendy, it becomes the foundation for a plan you can finally trust.
For students choosing a direction. For grads asking what's next. For professionals ready to stop second-guessing and start moving.
No pitch, no pressure. Purchase and book your 90-min review in one step — you'll receive your HAB code from Wendy within 1 business day.
Most assessments ask how you feel about yourself. This one measures what you actually do.
There's a difference — and that difference is what makes this work.
The Highlands Ability Battery puts you through 19 timed work samples. Pattern recognition. Spatial reasoning. Memory. Vocabulary. It doesn't ask how you'd describe yourself. It watches what you actually do. The result is a 30+ page report that maps your natural abilities, learning style, ideal environments, and the careers and paths most aligned with how you're wired.
You'll leave your session with Wendy knowing exactly what your results mean for your specific situation. Not a PDF you file away. A conversation that changes how you see your options.
What is the Highlands Ability Battery?
The HAB is the gold-standard career and aptitude assessment, used by tens of thousands of students, professionals, and leaders for nearly a century. It measures who you are by what you can do — not by how you describe yourself.
Performance, not perception.
Most assessments ask you to rate yourself. The HAB doesn't. It puts you through 19 timed work samples — pattern recognition, spatial reasoning, memory, vocabulary, and more — and measures what you actually do.
The result is a 30+ page report mapping your natural abilities, learning style, ideal environments, and the careers and paths most aligned with how you're wired. It's the kind of clarity that doesn't come from a personality quiz.
Because it's licensed exclusively through Highlands Certified Consultants, you can only access it through someone trained — like Wendy — to interpret the results in context.
What the HAB measures
- 3 personal style traits
- 14 distinct natural abilities
- Vocabulary (the only learned skill measured)
- Driving abilities (how you solve problems)
- Specialized abilities (creative + learning styles)
- Career and education recommendations
What's included in $795
The HAB assessment is the foundation. The 90-minute review is where it gets translated into a plan you can actually use.
The HAB Assessment
Full access to the Highlands Ability Battery. Take it on your own time — at home, on your computer, in 3-3.5 hours total. You can break it up across multiple sittings.
90-Minute Results Review
Once you complete the assessment, we meet for an in-depth, 90-minute walk-through of your results. Every report, every score, every implication — translated into language you can act on.
Lifetime Access
Your reports live in the Highlands client portal forever. You'll return to them at every major decision point — choosing a major, changing careers, navigating big life shifts. The investment compounds.
How the Clarity Path works
You purchase and pick your review time
Purchase is completed in one step. You'll select your 90-minute review time as part of the same booking — payment and scheduling happen together. Wendy will follow up within 1 business day with your Highlands registration code.
You take the assessment
3-3.5 hours total, broken into work samples you can complete in one sitting or across multiple. All you need is a quiet space, a computer, and headphones.
We meet for your 90-minute review
With your results in hand, we sit down for the deep-dive. You'll leave the session with clarity on your natural abilities, ideal environments, learning style, and specific recommendations for what comes next.
Why families work with Wendy
"My son has never been enthusiastic about anything that deals with additional learning. Thanks to his new tutor, he seems to be having fun and not complaining about going."
"We appreciate the hands-on approach of Wendy. She really cares about getting your child the results you are looking for."
"Wendy is awesome at soothing parents' worries, encouraging students, and keeping the process of learning calm and forward moving. She looks at each student as an individual with strengths and opportunities for growth."
Meet Wendy
Wendy R. Tilford has spent nearly two decades helping families and students navigate education and career decisions. As a Certified Highlands Consultant, she's trained to translate the HAB's findings into the kind of practical clarity that actually changes outcomes.
Before you begin
Is the Clarity Path right for high schoolers? College students? Adults?
Yes — the HAB is age-appropriate from 8th grade through retirement. The way Wendy translates the results adjusts to where you are in life. High schoolers leave with clarity on majors, college fit, and career trajectories. Adults leave with clarity on pivots, career direction, and what's actually next.
How long does the review session last?
Your results review is a single 90-minute session with Wendy. It's enough time to walk through every report from the HAB and translate the findings into specific recommendations you can act on. If you want ongoing support afterward, Wendy offers follow-up engagements separately.
What happens after I purchase?
Your purchase and 90-minute review booking happen in one step. You'll select your review time before completing payment, then receive a confirmation email with booking details. Wendy will follow up within 1 business day with your Highlands registration code so you can begin the assessment.
Can I take the assessment without the Clarity Path?
The HAB is licensed exclusively through Certified Highlands Consultants and includes a required debrief — that's a Highlands Company requirement. The Clarity Path bundles the assessment with Wendy's debrief, giving you the full picture at one price.
What if I'm not sure this is the right fit?
Book a free 15-minute Clarity Conversation with Wendy. No pitch, no pressure — just answers to your specific questions so you can make a confident decision.
The Clarity Path begins
when you do.
Stop guessing about majors, careers, and next steps. Start with real data — and a guide who translates it into action.
Wendy Richard · Education Strategist · Helping students, families, and institutions find the path forward — with clarity, not guesswork.
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