do not get too concerned about missing questions the first time...
For us "first time" is the problem. The district used to give the Cogat every year but they cut back due to concerns of "too much testing". So the Cogat is now only given in 2nd and then not again until 5th grade. They use the Cogat local percentile to determine GATE eligibility and it MUST be above 90% LOCAL to even be "considered". So this means DS is shut out of the program and doesn't get a chance to take it again for another 3 years!
Oh, and they refuse to accept outside testing.
