cogAT

What is CogAT?

CogAT measures students’ learned reasoning abilities in the three areas most closely related to success in school:

• The Verbal Battery measures students’ abilities to reason with words and concepts. These reasoning abilities play an important role in reading comprehension, critical thinking, writing, and virtually all verbal learning tasks.

• The Quantitative Battery measures students’ abilities to reason with quantitative symbols and concepts. These reasoning skills are significantly related to problem solving in mathematics and other disciplines.
• The Nonverbal Battery measures students’ abilities to reason with geometric shapes and figures. To perform successfully, students must accurately implement strategies for solving novel problems.

Test Descriptions and Times

Test Descriptions and Times.pdf

Grade 2

(Level 8)

Not Timed
All subtests begin with a practice question
Students will be guided through all tests with an audio proctor

Grade 4

(Level 10)

Timed at 10 min per subtests
All subtests begin with at least 1 practice question
Students will be able to mark, skip and review all questions before exiting the test.

With the new platform, a teacher can use their proctor code and proctor both Grade 2 and Grade 4 at the same time using their same code. Any teacher can proctor any student in the building that they are assigned to.