Originally Posted by blackcat
From what I gathered at the gifted chapter meeting I attended I'm pretty sure some families are prepping their kids for the CogAt. When I talked to various people about DD not finishing the test they started giving details about the test and one mom mentioned practice tests online. So the 1 percent of kids who are actually going to GATE may not even be "gifted", they just had parents who prepped them for the test. There are very rigid cut-offs. Kids have to have a composite score of 139 or 132 with 98-99 percent in reading AND math.


This actually makes me wonder if you are in my school district, because you have described it so exactly. Our district will not accept a "real" IQ test - they only want the CogAT. I would certainly check with yours before you spend any money on testing.