Cognitive Abilities Test Cognitive Abilities Test Cog AT

Cognitive Abilities Test ™

Cognitive Abilities Test Cog. AT ® is key to understanding how your students learn! ™

Trends in Ability Testing • Renewed emphasis on multiple abilities • Cog. AT measures the reasoning component of the three cognitive “intelligences” – Linguistic – Logical-Mathmatical – Spatial • Cog. AT is a measure of reasoning abilities – Reasoning as an aptitude for learning – Focus on diversity of students abilities

Cognitive Abilities Test • Valid and reliable information for gifted students • Reveals the potential of English language learners • Incorporates ethnic and gender balance • Multiple tasks provide multiple measures of strengths ™

Cognitive Abilities Test ™ Cog. AT measures important reasoning skills: • Comprehending problem situations • Classifying and categorizing objects, events, and other stimuli • Detecting similarities and differences • Creating and adapting problemsolving strategies • Making inferences • Using familiar concepts and • Making deductions skills in new contexts

More equitable opportunity for your students • 3 Separate test scores provide more information for placement. • Cog. AT will more correctly identify your Gifted population • Enrichment/instruction based upon student strengths.

Cognitive Abilities Test Distinctive Features • Current 2000 Norms • Age norms in 1 -month intervals (from 4 years, 11 months to 18+) • Grade norms for Fall, Midyear, and Spring • Individual standard errors ™

Verbal Battery

Quantitative Battery

Nonverbal Battery

Testing Procedures • Testing Procedures – Who should be tested? • All Students – Grades 3 -12 – How often do they need to be tested? • Test scores do not change much from year to year • New students should be tested

Which Test?

Testing Procedures • Test can be given in three sections – Test One – Verbal Reasoning – Test Two - Quantitative Reasoning – Test Three – Non Verbal Reasoning Each section takes between 45 -60 minutes

Testing Procedures • • • Supervisor’s Manual Similar to CSAP testing environment Test by school, or grade level Scoring Key is available at BOCES To convert Raw Scores to Profiles and Percentiles, a Norms Booklet would be needed

Testing Procedures • Directions for administration provides scripts for each part of each test • Be careful to make sure you are reading the instructions for the right level • Timing codes are in the instructions – there administration manuals for each test level

Accommodations • Accommodations should be used just like with the CSAP. • Make sure accommodations are listed on the scoring sheets – codes will be available • Also make sure that age and birthday are put on the scoring sheets to ensure correct scoring

Scoring • Riverside Publishing offers a variety of reporting options • Cost per student for a basic score report is $2. 73. However, there is a minimum charge of $150 so if you are only testing a few, this might not be cost effective. • River. Pub. Com

Cog. AT Profiles

Example Score Sheet

What to do with results • Use the Riverside Publishing Website to interpret the score

Riverside Resources • The score interpretation includes the following: – Profile Explanation – Characteristics for that profile – Teaching strategies

Ethics in Testing • Confidentiality is vital • Stress confidentiality with teachers/proctors • While we are proud of our gifted students, their information is still private • Make sure that tests are kept in a locked environment