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Hi,
My kid in 1st grade took a cogat screener in Oct. Just heard from the school that he scored a composite of 160. They have not given the raw scores. Can his raw scores be found from the SAS? Please help.

Thanks
Gayathri.

That table is not available to the public. I don't think that matters much in his case, though, as a composite of 160 is rather good regardless of raw scores.

ok, thank you aeh, I understand 160 is the maximum possible composite in this test. Does that mean he answered most of them right?

It likely means most right, since it's so high, but it's a stanine age score (SAS) relative to how the age cohort that took the test scored. Perhaps you can request to see the scores by asking to see the student file? If you're curious.

Thank you for the reply longcut. yes, am definitely curious but am not sure if the district will provide the individual scores or raw scores as it is a screener. I will try and ask, nevertheless.

Our school provided a sheet with scoring explanation, though it didn't include all of the info listed in this link. This does explain the kind of scores that might be available if you can see the report.

CogAT Explanation for Parents

Thank you longcut..this link is pretty useful

I just received my DS7's CogAT report from the school today. This is one of three scores that the school uses to qualify students into the advanced programs.

I have a couple of questions on the test result.

The CogAT Explanation for Parents that longcut provided shows a standard age score, but our report only shows the age stanine and age % rank. The report also provides the raw scores. Is there anyway to calculate the standard age score? Is it equivalent to the IQ score?

DS7 got the highest possible scaled score (19) on both visual spatial subtests on the WISC V test. It is actually his strongest area and we can see it from his love of art and visual puzzles. However, his CogAT nonverbal score only puts him at 91%. I was quite surprised to see that score. Is this normal?

Although all three test scores still put him in the 99%, I am curious to know how the CogAT result in nonverbal could be so different from the WISC.

Thank you

The SAS has the same kind of relationship to age percentile that the IQ score has, except that the CogAT uses SD = 16, if I recall correctly. It is carefully not called an IQ.

The nonverbal section of the CogAT is probably better compared to the Fluid Reasoning Index of the WISC-V. The small variation in scores may or may not be due to that difference, as the instruments are not really all that similar at that level.

Thanks, aeh!

It sounds like the nonverbal section is not really comparable to the VSI on WISC. Below is a quote from his ability profile:

"More than other students, these students profit from easy-to-read pictures, drawings, and graphic representations that compensate for their less developed spatial reasoning abilities. However, complex diagrams and three-dimensional drawings easily overwhelm them. When working with such students, the key is to provide spatial modes of representing problems. This will help the students create mental models of concepts that are more easily transferred and retained than are sequences of symbols or consecutively executed operations."

Do these suggestions really apply to DS with his spatial abilities?