What is it? What information does it give us? How can we use this to guide our instruction?

 It is not a mastery test.  It is designed to find out how much a student knows.  Identify strengths and weaknesses of individual students  Identify strengths and weaknesses of groups of students  Provide feedback to students and parents Information obtained from the CogAT should be used with other information about the student

Performance Assessments Local District Assessments Student Self Assessment Teacher Created Formative & Summative Tests ISAT An Integrated Assessment Program Ability Assessment CogAT Commercial Created Tests ( Textbooks)

Comprehending problem situations Detecting similarities and differences Making inferences Making deductions Classifying and categorizing objects, events, and other stimuli Creating and adapting problem-solving strategies Using familiar concepts and skills in new contexts :

 To guide efforts to adapt instruction to the needs and abilities of students  To identify students whose predicted levels of achievement differ markedly from their observed levels of achievement

 Verbal Ability – Best predictor of academic success  Quantitative Ability – “number sense” ability to see relationship of numbers  Nonverbal Ability – Best predictor of how fast a student learns

Difference of 2 or More Stanine is Significant

Scores Primarily Used by the District  SAS = Standard Age Score  Range 50 to 160  Average is 100  APR= Age Percentile 1 to 99  AS = Age Stanine 1 to 9 Additional Scores:  Raw Score = Number Correct  USS = Universal Scale Score  GPR = Grade Perrcentile 1-99  GS = Grade Stanine 1-9

 that student coded correct age  Too few items attempted to score  Many items omitted (slow and accurate)  the number attempted – 65 Verbal, 60 Quantitative and 65 Non-Verbal  Too few items attempted to score  Many items omitted (slow and accurate)  for discrepancies of 2 or more stanine between V, Q, or NV

Ability Profile Score Standard Age Score Percentile Rank John's ability profile is 5B (Q-).

  Click on interactive report and enter student profile

 A Profile= All Abilities roughly at sAme level  B Profile = One of the Abilities is aBove or Below the other B(N-) or B(V+)  C Profile = Contrast A student shows a relative strength and a relative weakness. C(V+ Q-)  E Profile = Extreme difference between abilities   Click on interactive report and enter student profile

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