Gifted Issues Discussion homepage Forums Identification, Testing & Assessment 7th grade Cogat Update

KADmom, you may wish to look into which level of the CogAT your DS took - the test publisher offers 3 levels (for low, average, and high ability) in each grade - more info on the test publisher's website:
http://www.riverpub.com/products/cogAt/details.html

I think the CogAT is a ridiculous test. Any kid with speed issues (for whatever reason) is going to have problems with it. Both of my kids do far worse on the CogAT than on the WISC IV.

I don't understand why school districts love it so much. They somehow think they're being "fair" by using it, but what they don't seem to understand is that it is not a protected test. Anyone can obtain it and administer it to their child. It would be *very* easy to get a copy and have a kid memorize the answers.

Thanks, Indigo.

I'll try to figure it out, but I can't tell from this what kind he got.

I know the whole class was tested together (though a different test could have gone to each, I suppose) and that there were about nine sections that were given 10 minutes each. That sounds like the three sections were split up into three again.

I agree, Kai.

Ds said it wasn't hard but that some of the problems "took time to solve." He was disgusted, actually, at having to rush. Ha!