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Fall 2018 

Dear Parent/Guardian of ________________________________________________, 

The initial second grade testing for eligibility for gifted identification has been 
completed. There are multiple opportunities to accumulate points on the Talent 
Development Identification Rubric for identification as a gifted student in CMS. 
Results for your child indicate the following: 

◻ Your child identified as Academically Gifted in both reading and math 


through the following assessment results: 
o CogAT​ age percentile composite score 
o 3 ​t-scores​ of 65 or greater on the ​Gifted Rating Scales​ (completed by 
first grade teacher) 

Please sign and return the Talent Development Referral & Results Form included in this 
envelope to allow us to properly code your student in PowerSchool.  

We will continue to evaluate your child with one or more of the following 
assessments: 

o Iowa Test of Basic Skills (ITBS)​ achievement test 


o CMS Portfolio Assessment Process (results will be available in February) 
 
If you ​do not​​ wish for your child to continue with the TD Screening Process, 
please let us know in writing by Monday, October 29th.  
 
◻ At this time, your child does not meet the criteria for further evaluation. 
However, students may be re-evaluated after a period of at least 24 months 
with supporting evidence of classroom performance, parent/teacher referral, 
and high developmental scale scores on the EOGs in math and reading. 

I will be happy to answer any questions or concerns you may have. 

Sincerely, 

 
CogAT​ Assessment Results Notification 

Dear Parents/Guardians and Family Members, 


 
Recently, your child participated in our district-wide assessment using the ​Cognitive Abilities 
Test 7.​ The ​CogAT7 i​ s an assessment different from typical school assessments. Tests typically 
assess achievement, or information your child has been taught in school. In contrast, the 
CogAT7​ is designed to measure reasoning and problem-solving skills in verbal, quantitative 
and nonverbal areas; ultimately providing information on how your child thinks. This measure 
provides administrators and educators one tool on how to best provide instruction for your 
child. 

Results for your child are listed below along with some key phrases and a website that will 
better help you understand your child’s results. Please note these results are only one 
assessment of your child.  

   
Name: _______________________________________  Profile Score: 

Verbal: _________________________ age-percentile 


Quantitative: ___________________ age-percentile 
Nonverbal: _____________________ age-percentile 
Quantitative/Nonverbal Composite: __________age-percentile  
Composite: _____________________ age-percentile 
 
Verbal:​​ A subtest designed to assess language base. 
 
Quantitative:​​ A subtest designed to assess mathematical concepts, patterns, and 
relationships.  

Nonverbal:​​ A subtest designed to assess reasoning using pictures and shapes. 

Age-Percentile Rank (PR):​​ Percentile Rank, or PR, is a comparison of how your child scored 
compared to other students from a national sample the same age. The percentile rank is a 
score 1 to 99, where the average is 50. For example, a child who scored 70 PR on verbal 
means s/he scored higher than 70% of students in the national age sample OR are 
performing in the top 30% of students his/her same age. 

Profile Score:​​ The profile score provides the level, as well as specific patterns, associated 
with your child’s scores. Please visit the following website and enter in the information 
provided to find useful information on instructional strategies to better understand the results 
in narrative form. ​http://www.hmhco.com/cogat/cogatprofile  

Thank you for your support in the screening process. If you have any further questions or 
concerns about these assessment results, please contact your school’s Talent Development 
Catalyst Teacher.   

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