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    Cognitive Abilities Test: Cogat

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    This document provides an overview of the Cognitive Abilities Test (CogAT), which is administered to students in grades 2-3 and 5-6. CogAT measures learned reasoning and problem-solving skills in three areas: verbal, quantitative, and nonverbal. It does not measure factors like effort, attention, or work habits. District 34 uses CogAT scores as part of identifying gifted students and for accelerated math placement. CogAT includes sample questions and explains how scores are reported using standard age scores, percentiles, and stanines.

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    This document provides an overview of the Cognitive Abilities Test (CogAT), which is administered to students in grades 2-3 and 5-6. CogAT measures learned reasoning and problem-solving skills in three areas: verbal, quantitative, and nonverbal. It does not measure factors like effort, attention, or work habits. District 34 uses CogAT scores as part of identifying gifted students and for accelerated math placement. CogAT includes sample questions and explains how scores are reported using standard age scores, percentiles, and stanines.

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    This document provides an overview of the Cognitive Abilities Test (CogAT), which is administered to students in grades 2-3 and 5-6. CogAT measures learned reasoning and problem-solving skills in three areas: verbal, quantitative, and nonverbal. It does not measure factors like effort, attention, or work habits. District 34 uses CogAT scores as part of identifying gifted students and for accelerated math placement. CogAT includes sample questions and explains how scores are reported using standard age scores, percentiles, and stanines.

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    Cognitive Abilities Test

    CogAT
    Parent Overview

    When is CogAT administered

    2009-10
    3rd grade
    6th grade

    Proposed to begin spring 2010


    2nd grade
    5th grade

    What does CogAT measure?


    CogAT measures learned reasoning and problem-solving
    skills in three different areas: verbal, quantitative, and
    nonverbal.
    Reasoning skills develop gradually throughout a persons
    lifetime, and at different rates for different individuals.
    CogAT does not measure such factors as effort, attention,
    motivation, and work habits, which contribute to school
    achievement as well.

    How do the three batteries of


    CogAT differ?

    The Verbal Battery measures a childs ability to remember and


    transform sequences of English words, to understand them, and
    to make inferences and judgments about them.
    The Quantitative Battery tests the child's understanding of
    basic quantitative concepts and relationships that are essential
    for learning mathematics. Tasks measure both the understanding
    of relational concepts and the students ability to discover
    relationships and to figure out a rule or principle that explains
    them.
    The Nonverbal Battery measures reasoning using pictures and
    geometric shapes. This reduces the impact of language on the
    student's score. The Nonverbal Battery also appraises the
    students ability to use her/his cognitive resources in new
    situations.

    Sample Verbal Battery


    Questions
    Primary Level

    Intermediate Level

    Sample Non-Verbal Battery


    Questions
    Primary Level

    Intermediate Level

    Sample Quantitative Battery


    Questions
    Primary Level

    Intermediate Level

    How is CogAT data used?

    District 34 uses CogAT test results as part of the the screening step of the
    identification process for the gifted program and as part of the data used to
    help identify students for accelerated math

    CogAT is only one of the data points used


    during these processes. District 34 does not
    make decisions about students based on a
    single data point.

    CogAT scores can be used by classroom teachers

    CogAT data provides a measure of each students level of cognitive


    development that captures important information not represented in school
    grades
    Growth data from assessments such as NWEA and CBM provide teachers
    with information about what students have learned that is useful in planning
    instruction

    Glossary of Scoring Terms

    Standard Age Score (SAS) is a normalized standard score, with a


    mean (average) of 100. Standard Age Scores of 89-111 are all
    within the average range.

    Percentile Rank indicates the percentage of students in the same


    age or group whose scores fall below the score obtained by a
    particular student

    A student with a SAS of 100 on the Verbal Battery has the


    rate and level of development of verbal reasoning skills that
    are typical for his age group
    A student with a SAS of 125 on the Verbal Battery has a
    faster rate and higher level of development of verbal
    reasoning skills than the typical student in his age group

    Percentile ranks of 24th through 76th are in the average range

    Stanine is a normalized standard score scale consisting of nine


    broad levels (1-9). Stanines are broad groupings of percentile
    ranks.

    Interpreting Percentile Ranks


    and Standard Age Scores
    Standard Age
    Score

    Percentile

    Very High

    128-150

    96th-99th

    Above Average

    112-127

    77th-95th

    89-111

    24th-76th

    73-88

    5th-23rd

    Average
    Below Average

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