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Edmonds School District

Information Sessions, Presentations & Handouts

 

Click on the below links for YouTube informative videos.

Brier Terrace Middle School Tour

Highly Capable High School Options Presentation  Fall 2021



Cognitive Abilities Test (CogAT) Screener Quick Facts

 

The Cognitive Abilities test is designed to help us evaluate how students understand and solve problems. The CogAT measures thinking skills developed in and out of school and how well a child can use these skills to solve verbal, quantitative, and nonverbal problems.

The VERBAL test measure reasoning, making inferences and judgments, problem solving, oral vocabulary and verbal comprehension.

The QUANTITATIVE test measures abstract reasoning and math ability, (including relationships between objects, number concepts, and story problems.)

The NONVERBAL test measures general abstract reasoning. This includes seeing visual similarities and differences, drawing inferences, and applying rules to visual patterns.

The COMPOSITE Score gives an overall measure of a student’s thinking abilities, including all three of the above tests.

All students will take the test using their Chromebooks.

There are three subtests each take approximately 10 - 15 minutes to complete.
 

Test Levels and Number of Questions by Current Grade

Grade CogAT Test Level Number of Questions
Kindergarten Level 5/6 42
1st Grade Level 7 48
3rd Grade Level 9 60
4th Grade Level 10 64
5th Grade Level 11 64
7th Grade Level 13/14 64

 

Sample Question Format by Level

The CogAT Screener only tests the first test in each category. For example, Verbal Analogies, Number Analogies, and Figure Matrices. 

 

CogAT Format