3rd Grade Testing

BOG (Beginning of Grade) Test

The following information regarding BOG test can be found from the following site: http://www.ncpublicschools.org/docs/accountability/policyoperations/assessbriefs/20170817-bog.pdf

Students read short passages (stories) comprised of literary and informational selections and then answer related questions. The test serves several purposes:

• The BOG3 ELA/Reading Test establishes a baseline measure of beginning third-grade students’ ELA/reading skills.

• Students who score achievement level 3 or higher on the BOG3 ELA/Reading Test demonstrate reading proficiency appropriate for third-grade students, which satisfies the requirements of the Read to Achieve NC State legislation.

• Data from the administration of the BOG3 ELA/Reading Test and the administration of the End-of-Grade 3 (EOG3) ELA/Reading Assessment are used for school accountability growth and student growth for teachers and administrators.

• Students in grade 3 who are not proficient on the EOG3 ELA/Reading Assessment but were proficient on the BOG3 ELA/Reading Test (i.e., score achievement level 3 or higher) count as proficient in the performance composite and school performance grades.

CogAT/IOWA

WPCSS Parent Guide to the AIG Process

The Cognitive Abilities Test, (CogAT), is a test to help determine your child’s aptitude. Testing occurs over a three-day period. This test is a nationally normed test that will compare your child’s performance with performances of other students of the same age. WCPSS administers this test to third graders in the fall of each school year.

The CogAT is one factor used to help determine if your child qualifies for AIG services. If you have further questions about AIG qualifications please email our AIG teacher at __ @wcpss.net

The CogAT is broken down into 9 sections across 3 categories: verbal, quantitative and nonverbal. Click on the categories underlined above to view some activities to help your child better understand what to expect in each section.

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IOWA Test of Basic Skills (ITBS)

The ITBS consists of a number of educational achievement subtests designed to measure growth in fundamental areas of school achievement, vocabulary, reading comprehension and mathematics. The ITBS profile is as follows:

Reading: The reading tests are concerned with a student’s ability to derive meaning from what has been read. Both sentence and story comprehension is measured. The student must select the correct word to complete a sentence to demonstrate comprehension. Story comprehension skills require students to understand factual details as well as to make inferences and to draw generalizations from what they have read.

Mathematics: In mathematics the areas of concepts, estimation, problem solving, data interpretation, and computation are assessed. Math concepts include number sequences, numeration, fundamental algebraic concepts, basic measurement, and geometric concepts.

Critical Thinking Skills: The critical thinking scores are derived from selected items in the reading and math subtests. Items requiring critical thinking requires judgements that draw upon knowledge of the appropriate content, understanding of the content and application of that information.

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