Greenwich Public Schools
Reading the Cognitive Abilities TestScore Report
November 7, 2016
9:30 am Byram Library
November 9, 2016
9:30 am Cos Cob Library
7:00 pm Board of Education
Bonnie O’ReganCognitive Abilities Test District Facilitator
“What is best for this child?”
“What is best for this child?”
“What is best for this child?”
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CogAT: Cognitive Abilities Test
What is it?
What information does it give us?
How can we use this information?
CogAT: Cognitive Abilities Test
COGNITIVE: intellectual activity skills such as thinking and reasoning
Measures both general & specific cognitive abilities
The CogAT is a COGNITIVE abilities assessment used for ALL groups of learners
NOT just for Advanced Learning Program Placement
In combination with other relevant information, scores can be used to differentiate instruction in ways that enhance learning.
CogAT measures three different cognitive abilities:
Verbal Battery Quantitative Battery
NonVerbal Battery
Assesses a student’s• vocabulary
efficiency and verbal memory
• ability to determine word relationships
• comprehendideas
Assesses a student’s• understanding of
basic concepts and relationships essential for learning mathematics
• relationalconcepts by discovering relationships to figure out a rule or principle
Assesses a student’s reasoning using pictures and geometric shapes
Raw Scores Number of Items = the number of questions on the
subtests.
Number Att. (attempted) = the number of questions the student answered.
Number Correct = the total number of items the student answered correctly.
Definition of RAW SCORE
The CogAT allows comparisons of the performance of students with the performance of other students in the nation of the same grade who took the same test at the same time of year.
The CogAT allows comparisons of the performance of students with the performance of other students in the nation of the same age who took the same test.
Standard Age Score(SAS)
Cognitive Level NationalSAS Range
GreenwichSAS Range
Very High 128-150+ 139-150+
Above Average 112-127 129-138
Average 89-111 110-128
Below Average 73-88 95-109
Very Low 50-72 73-94
Ability Profile System
This report shows the results of testing for your child at one particular time on one particular assessment. It is important to always look for multiple pieces of evidence when using assessment data to make decisions.