• CogAT (Cognitive Abilities Test)

     

    The CogAT (Cognitive Abilities Test) is a reasoning and problem-solving assessment and provides insight into abilities not fully measured by achievement tests across three domains; verbal, quantitative, and nonverbal.  Anoka-Hennepin administers the CogAT to students in the 2nd grade and 3rd grade. The online assessment includes multiple-choice questions in each of the domains; verbal, quantitative, and nonverbal.

     

    The test is divided into batteries reflecting each domain, each battery has 3 components. Students will take the test on Chromebooks with their homeroom teacher or in a small group.

  • The verbal battery:

    • Picture (Verbal) Analogies - identifying relationships between pictures.
    • Picture (Verbal) Classification - determining how pictures are alike.
    • Sentence Completion – listening to a sentence or question and selecting the picture that best fits the question.

     

    The quantitative battery:

    • Number Analogies – identifying relationships between quantitative concepts.
    • Number Puzzles – identifying equations presented as trains that must carry the same number of objects.
    • Number Series – relies on patterning skills selecting the next sequence.

     

    The non-verbal battery:

    • Figure Matrices – identifying relationships between spatial forms and uses the same thought processes as the picture and number analogies.
    • Paper Folding – identifying what will happen to a piece of paper that is folded then cut in some way then unfolded.
    • Figure Classification – infer relationships between shapes and figures, uses the same thought processes as picture classification.

     

    Testing time for each battery is estimated at 45-60 minutes for Grade 2 and 30 minutes for Grade 3. The total estimated time is 1.5 to 3 hours for all three batteries.

                                                              

    Level 8 Battery (Gr 2)

    Level 9 Battery (Gr 3)

    Subtest Name

    Estimated time (Gr2)

    Timed  (Gr3)

    Estimated time per battery

    Session 1: Verbal Battery

    Test 1: Picture / Verbal Analogies

    Test 2: Sentence Completion

    Test 3: Picture / Verbal Classification

    13

    14

    13

    10

    10

    10

    40 minutes (Gr2)

    30 minutes (Gr3)

    Session 2: Quantitative Battery

    Test 4: Number Analogies

    Test 5: Number Puzzles

    Test 6: Number Series

    15

    15

    15

    10

    10

    10

    45 minutes (Gr2)

    30 minutes (Gr3)

    Session 3: Nonverbal Battery

    Test 7: Figure Matrices

    Test 8: Paper Folder

    Test 9: Figure Classification

    13

    11

    13

    10

    10

    10

    37 minutes (Gr2)

    30 minutes (Gr3)