The CogAT (Cognitive Abilities Test) is an aptitude test given to all second graders in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. The CogAT includes verbal, nonverbal, and quantitative reasoning questions.
Verbal: A subtest designed to assess language base. Contains 3 parts: Picture/Verbal Analogies, Sentence Completion, and Picture/Verbal Classification.
Quantitative: A subtest designed to assess mathematical concepts, patterns, and relationships. Contains 3 parts: Number Analogies, Number Series, and Number Puzzles.
Nonverbal: A subtest designed to assess reasoning using pictures and shapes. Contains 3 parts: Figure Matrices, Paper Folding, and Figure Classification.
Age-Percentile Rank (PR): Percentile Rank or PR is a comparison of how your child scored compared to other students from a national sample the same age. The percentile rank is a score 1 to 99 where the average is 50. For example: A child who scored 70 PR on verbal means he/she scored higher than 70% of students in the national age sample OR are performing in the top 30% of students his/her same age. Students whose age-composite score is 96% or greater on the CogAT will identify as AIG in both reading and math with parent written permission.
Profile Score: The profile score provides the level as well as specific patterns associated with your child’s scores. Please visit the following website and enter in the information provided to find useful information on instructional strategies to better understand the results in narrative form.