What is it?

What information does it give us?

How can we use this to guide our instruction?

It is not a mastery test. It is designed to find out how much a student

knows.

Identify strengths and weaknesses of individual students

Identify strengths and weaknesses of groups of students

Provide feedback to students and parents

Information obtained from the CogAT should be used with other information about the student

PerformanceAssessments

Local DistrictAssessments

StudentSelf

Assessment

Teacher CreatedFormative & Summative

Tests

ISAT

An Integrated AssessmentProgram

Ability Assessment

CogAT

Commercial Created Tests ( Textbooks)

• Comprehending problem situations

• Detecting similarities and differences

• Making inferences

• Making deductions

• Classifying and categorizing objects, events, and other stimuli

• Creating and adapting problem-solving strategies

• Using familiar concepts and skills in new contexts

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To guide efforts to adapt instruction to the needs and abilities of students

To identify students whose predicted levels of achievement differ markedly from their observed levels of achievement

Verbal Ability – Best predictor of

academic success

Quantitative Ability – “number sense” ability to see relationship of numbers

Nonverbal Ability – Best predictor of how fast a student learns

Difference of 2 or More Stanine is Significant

Scores Primarily Used by the District SAS = Standard Age Score

Range 50 to 160 Average is 100

APR= Age Percentile 1 to 99 AS = Age Stanine 1 to 9

Additional Scores: Raw Score = Number Correct USS = Universal Scale Score GPR = Grade Perrcentile 1-99 GS = Grade Stanine 1-9

that student coded correct age Too few items attempted to score Many items omitted (slow and accurate)

the number attempted – 65 Verbal, 60 Quantitative and 65 Non-Verbal Too few items attempted to score Many items omitted (slow and accurate)

for discrepancies of 2 or more stanine between

V, Q, or NV

Ability Profile ScoreAbility Profile Score

Standard Age Score

Percentile Rank

John's ability profile is 5B (Q-).

www.cogat.com Click on interactive report and enter student

profile

A Profile= All Abilities roughly at sAme level

B Profile = One of the Abilities is aBove or Below the other B(N-) or B(V+)

C Profile = Contrast A student shows a relative strength and a relative weakness. C(V+ Q-)

E Profile = Extreme difference between abilities

www.cogat.com Click on interactive report and enter student

profile

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