Not sure about the studies on this.
DD had a 99% CogAT verbal. I think she actually may have hit a ceiling on verbal, because her composite was also 99% (we did not get SAS scores), despite a "9C" profile. She also scores well above 99% on NWEA reading tests (math is above 99%, too, just not as high above 99%
), and she is a "book eater." She spoke early and is (and has always been) an EXTREMELY verbal child - the verbal scores are no surprise to me. So she fits the "girl" stereotype, I guess.
Actually, the assumption about the CogAT that probably bugs me more is that kids who do well on the CogAT are not creative, out-of-the box thinkers. DD is VERY creative, and is DEFINITELY a very out-of-the-box, independent thinker. I think she could be an inventor.
