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Purpose of Assessment: The Cognitive Abilities Test (CogAT) appraises the cognitive development of students by measuring students’ learned reasoning abilities in the three symbol systems most closely related to success in school: Verbal reasoning, Quantitative reasoning and Nonverbal reasoning. Explore the accordion below to learn more about the assessment.
3 Primary Purposes
- To guide efforts to adapt instruction to the needs and abilities of students.
- To provide a measure of each student’s level of cognitive development that captures important information not represented in school grades or in other measures of school achievement.
- To identify students whose predicted levels of achievement are markedly discrepant from their observed levels of achievement.
Who participates in CogAT?
Students in grade 2-8 who do not have a CogAT ability score
When is the assessment?
Fall 2023
Practice links
There are no official practice opportunities for students.
Understanding scores
Additional Parent Resources
Interactive Ability Profile Interpretation System
This online app was built to enable teachers, counselors, and parents to interpret the Cognitive Abilities TestTM (CogAT) Ability Score Profiles for their students.