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My 1st grader (public school) will soon be tested with the CoGat.
It is my understanding that schools deem it somewhat important that children will NOT be prepped in advance for this particular test (which is cognitive, measures ability rather than achievement) - and this, I assume, is the reason why they didn't mention anything about it so far to parents.
However, one teacher in the school told us they will have it early in September and an early September date is also posted on the district's website.
Would any of the elementary school teachers here be able to kindly help with some questions we have about the test day and how it is actually administered? We would highly appreciate it.
1. Do children take this test in their regular class?
2. Does the teacher administer the test by reading the instructions out loud to the entire class or is this test administered separately for each child?
3. How long does it last?
4. Is it usually their regular teacher who administers the test or does someone else come to administer it?
5. Are questions timed? In other words, do they only get a specified amount of time to make their answer choice after which they are expected to move on to the next...or does each child get as much time as he/she needs for every question?
6. Typically, about how many questions does a child have to miss on the CoGat test to get a score that falls below the 90th percentile? I know the answer to this question depends on the population, but if you have a rough estimate, I would appreciate it.
The CogAT is a test of reasoning skills. It's not like a spelling or a math test where if you know the words or the facts you can get 100%. There is no defined curriculum for the CogAT. It is a norm-referenced test and the national average is 50th percentile. To identify students for SAGE and MERLIN programs, Issaquah School District administers advanced versions of the CogAT to all students in grade 2 and to selected students in grades 3-5.
There are three parts to the CogAT: Verbal Battery, Quantitative Battery, and Non-Verbal Battery.
My 1st grader (public school) will soon be tested with the CoGat.
It is my understanding that schools deem it somewhat important that children will NOT be prepped in advance for this particular test (which is cognitive, measures ability rather than achievement) - and this, I assume, is the reason why they didn't mention anything about it so far to parents.
However, one teacher in the school told us they will have it early in September and an early September date is also posted on the district's website.
Would any of the elementary school teachers here be able to kindly help with some questions we have about the test day and how it is actually administered? We would highly appreciate it.
1. Do children take this test in their regular class?
2. Does the teacher administer the test by reading the instructions out loud to the entire class or is this test administered separately for each child?
3. How long does it last?
4. Is it usually their regular teacher who administers the test or does someone else come to administer it?
5. Are questions timed? In other words, do they only get a specified amount of time to make their answer choice after which they are expected to move on to the next...or does each child get as much time as he/she needs for every question?
6. Typically, about how many questions does a child have to miss on the CoGat test to get a score that falls below the 90th percentile? I know the answer to this question depends on the population, but if you have a rough estimate, I would appreciate it.
Thank you so much.
There are plenty of parents who prep for this test, although most won't admit it.
There are plenty of parents who prep for this test, although most won't admit it.
Might be true, but if I was the parent, I would not want to *prep* my child. If you have to prep your child, then he is not necessarily going to do well in the classes that come from the placement he gets using it.
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