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Is there such a thing as a test like the CogAT (group ability test that is relatively cheap to administer) that doesn't have a time limit? I know that the K-2 levels of the CogAT are untimed, but are there other tests that are untimed for all levels?

Thanks!

The old school Raven's is untimed, but has to be hand scored.

Not a different test, but fwiw if your child has extended time as an accommodation on a 504 plan/etc, the CogAT can be administered with extended time.

polarbear

I did have a kid get accommodations for the CogAT, but it seems to me that part of what the CogAT is testing is speed, and when you accommodate for it, you're actually modifying the test.

It would be great to have an inexpensive mainstream alternative that eliminates the speed element.

Looks like CTB/McGraw Hill's TerraNova PTCS is untimed, but that's only for grades K-1. Doesn't look like the InView (grades 2-12) is typically untimed.

And ERB's CTP reasoning and achievement (grades 3-11) are both open to IEP and 504 accommodations at the school's discretion. Their group preK-1 admissions exam is also untimed, but that's not exactly affordable for school-wide screening (since it requires iPads, and costs $65 a pop).

aeh, I have a question if the OP doesn't mind this slight diversion. My older ds (25 now) was given an IQ test when he was in fifth grade, sometime in 2003. I was given a piece of paper with his achievement test and a CST score along with percentage points. It seemed to be separated into nonverbal, vocabulary, comprehension and memory. I don't have the paper right in front of me now, but I'm pretty certain that's how it was laid out. There wasn't any commentary from the psychologist, but this appears to have been an individual cognitive skills test. Do you know what kind of test it might have been?
I'm sorry to say I knew he was bright but I didn't even consider looking at things more closely.

Hm. The RIAS has verbal, nonverbal, and memory clusters. Depending on how they interpreted the clusters, one could characterize the KABC as verbal, nonverbal, and memory, and a few others in addition. But he would have had to be 12 or younger at the time for the KABC.

Yes, I think he was 11. Thank you.