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Hello -

Our school district is transitioning from CogAT to NGAT. Looking at NGAT, I'm trying to understand the differences and similarities with NNAT. I understand NGAT has 3 parts (verbal, nonverbal and quantitative), vs only nonverbal for NNAT. For the nonverbal part, is it essentially the same as NNAT? Same kind of questions etc? Does anybody have any insights?

Thanks!

Hi Lydia! Sorry for the late response. A lot going on over here recently. Anyway, yes, this is essentially an expansion of the NNAT, in an attempt to respond to some of the criticisms of that test with regard especially to overlooking verbally-strong learners. Not much of a track record yet in that respect, but the original nonverbal section should be pretty much equivalent to what it has been historically.