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Vickie Driver, Senior Product Manager
CogAT® Form 7
• CogAT Form 7 is the newest version of the most highly regarded and widely
used group-administered abilities test
• The most current and updated test of student abilities
• Placement decisions for enrichment programs
• Provides insight into abilities not fully measured by achievement tests across
three domains
– Verbal
– Nonverbal
– Quantitative
CogAT Form 7
• Co-developed with Iowa Assessments
• Authored by renown expert Dr. David Lohman of
the University of Iowa
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– Winner of the National Association of Gifted
Children’s Paper of the Decade Award 20002010
Latest research at
www.cogat.com
CogAT Form 7
Overview
CogAT Form 7
• CogAT Form 7 is the newest version of the most highly regarded and
widely used group-administered abilities test
– The most current and updated test of student abilities
– Superior technical qualities
• Provides insight into abilities not fully measured by achievement tests
across three domains
– Verbal
– Nonverbal
– Quantitative
• Enhanced suite of ancillary materials
– Free in the DataManager platform
– Practice tests
– Planning and Implementation Guide
– Score Interpretation Guide
CogAT Form 7
• Bright new 4-color design
• Completely revised to be more “ELL friendly”
– Levels 5/6 – 8 (grades K – 2) bilingual primary battery
– Primary subtests use pictures
– Sentence Completion is the exception
• Spanish and English DAs
– Reduced language load
– Directions are brief and focused
• Increased ceiling and range of item difficulty
• Reduced level to level overlap
• Online testing
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All New Test Booklet Design
Age-Based Level Designations
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Form 7 Level
Designations
Approximate US Grade
Levels
5/6
K
7
1
8
2
9
3
10
4
11
5
12
6
13/14
7–8
15/16
9 – 10
17/18
11 - 12
Reduced Administration Time
CogAT Form 7
• Modes of Testing:
– Online
– Plain paper local scanning
– Paper and pencil administration with central scoring
– Hand scoring
• DataManager web based reporting
– Paper reports available separately
• Full suite of digital resources
CogAT Screening Form
• New Screening Form
• Comprised of the Analogies subtest of each battery
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• Verbal / Picture Analogies
• Number Analogies
• Figure Matrices
Reduces testing time
Provides Screening Form Composite score
Does not provide full Ability Profile or predicted achievement
Ideal for an initial screening of a large group or quick measure for
incoming students
Fast and psychometrically sound anchor for other measures
Reasoning Abilities
• Assesses the level and pattern of cognitive development of students from
kindergarten through grade 12
• Norm-based test of aptitude in problem solving specific to three areas:
 Verbal
 Quantitative
 Nonverbal
• Reflect the overall efficiency of cognitive processes and strategies that enable
individuals to learn new tasks and solve problems
• Are closely related to an individual’s success in school in virtually all subjects
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What is CogAT?
Measures learned reasoning abilities in
areas most linked to academic success in
school program
What CogAT is Not!
– CogAT is not an IQ test
– CogAT is not an achievement test
CogAT Form 7
New Subtests and Item Types
Levels 5/6 – 8 Subtests
CogAT 6
V
Q
N
CogAT 7
D/A
Oral Vocabulary
D/A
Picture Analogies
D/A
Verbal Reasoning
D/A
Picture Classification
D/A
Sentence Completion
D/A
Number Analogies
D/A
Number Series
D/A
Number Puzzles
D/A
Figure Matrices
D/A
Figure Classification
D/A
Paper Folding
D/A
Relational Concepts
D/A
Quantitative Concepts
D/A
D/A
Figure Classification
Matrices
= Oral English
= Oral English or Spanish
= Nonverbal
= Nonverbal
Form 7 New Design
Form
Form 7
Levels 9 – 17/18 Subtests
CogAT 6
V
Q
N
CogAT 7
D/A
Verbal Classification
D/A
Verbal Analogies
D/A
Sentence Completion
D/A
Verbal Classification
D/A
Verbal Analogies
D/A
Sentence Completion
D/A
Quantitative Relations
D/A
Number Analogies
D/A
Number Series
D/A
Number Series
D/A
Equation Building
D/A
Number Puzzles
D/A
Figure Classification
D/A
Figure Matrices
D/A
Figure Analogies
D/A
Figure Classification
D/A
Figure Analysis
D/A
Paper Folding
= English
= English or Spanish
= Nonverbal
= Nonverbal
New Quantitative Item Types
Quantitative Relations and Equation Building replaced
by Number Analogies and Number Puzzles
Increased Item Difficulty
• Reduces need for out-of-level testing and measures a
broad range of ability
Importance of Practice Tests
• Practice tests level the field for all students
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– Provide opportunity to learn
CogAT practice materials are provided free of charge
– Located in DataManager
Levels 5/6 – 12
– Level 12 can be used for higher levels due to shared item
formats
Teacher Guide For Practice Activities, Level 7
Cognitive Abilities Test
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Alternative Verbal Scoring
Levels 5/6 – 8
Levels 9 – 17/18
Spanish Directions for Administration
Cognitive Abilities Test™
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Alternative Verbal Scoring
Levels 5/6 – 8 Complete
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Picture Analogies
Picture Analogies
Picture Classification
Picture Classification
Omit for Alt V
Q
N
Sentence Completion
Sentence Completion
Number Analogies
Number Analogies
Number Series
Number Series
Number Puzzles
Number Puzzles
Figure Matrices
Figure Matrices
Figure Classification
Figure Classification
Paper Folding
Paper Folding
= Oral English or Spanish
= Nonverbal
Form 7 New Design
Form
CogAT Subtests Levels 9 – 17/18
Screening Form
Complete
Verbal Analogies
Verbal Analogies
V
Verbal Classification
Sentence Completion
Number Analogies
Number Analogies
Q
Number Series
Number Puzzles
Figure Matrices
Figure Matrices
N
Figure Classification
Paper Folding
= English
= Nonverbal
Alt V for Levels 9 – 17/18 Screening Form
V
Verbal Analogies
Q
Number Analogies
Number Analogies
N
Figure Matrices
Figure Matrices
Omit for Alt V
= English
= Nonverbal
Verbal Analogies
Alternative Verbal Scoring
• Paper & Pencil:
1. Code these students as ‘ELL’ in ‘Programs’ or/and ‘S’ in ‘Office Use Only’
on booklet or answer document
2. Check off either/both of the exclusions in ‘CogAT Exclusions’ section in
‘Select Global Options for Reporting’ on OSS
• Online for Levels 5/6 - 8:
1. Select ‘Alt-V’ in Test Assignment to prevent the Sentence Completion
subtest from being presented to these students during testing
administration
2. Do not administer the Sentence Completion subtest to these students
• Levels 9 – 17/18 CogAT Form 7 Complete
• Use the QN composite score
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CogAT Screening Form
CogAT Screening Form
• Shorter administration time
• Uses the analogies subtest of
each battery – V, Q, NV
Picture/Verbal Analogies
Picture/Verbal Classification
Sentence Completion
Number Analogies
Number Series
Number Puzzles
Figure Matrices
Figure Classification
Paper Folding
CogAT Screening Form
• Shorter administration time
• Uses the analogies subtest of
Picture/Verbal Analogies
each battery – V, Q, NV
• Provides a quick measure for
Number Analogies
screening large groups of
students
• Make decisions about which
students to include in further
testing
Figure Matrices
CogAT Reporting
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Four friends decided to meet each
other at the park. Kate walked ¼
mile. Terry walked 1 ¾ miles.
Denny walked ¼ mile. Sondra
walked 1 ¾ miles. What is the
best estimate of the total miles
they walked?
A 2
B 4
C 8
D 10
Relationship of Stanines, Percentile Ranks, and Standard
Age Scores on the CogAT Bell Curve
Average
Below Average
Very Low
Above Average
Very High
How to Read a CogAT Profile
Stanine Numbers
Patterns
1:
2-3:
4-6:
7-8:
9:
A: All scores are roughly at the sAme level
Low
Below Average
Average
Above Average
High
B: One score is aBove or Below the others
C: Two scores show a relative strength and
weakness or Contrast
E: One score is Extremely different from
the others (24 or more)
V (- or +) Strength or Weakness in Verbal Score
N (- or +) Strength or Weakness in NonVerbal Score
Q (- or +) Strength or Weakness in Quantitative Score
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Why Use CogAT Form 7?
• The most widely used and trusted abilities assessment for Gifted
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and Talented decisions
Now even more language neutral
Provides a view of cognitive domains separately for the most
comprehensive view of abilities
Link teachers to instructional strategies through unique Ability
Profiles
Deliver predicted scores with the Iowa Assessments to uncover
discrepancies between expected and actual performance
New booklet design, items and level of challenge to enhance
student engagement and reduce out-of-level testing
Availability of CogAT Screening Form
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