Cognitive Abilities Test

The Cognitive Abilities Test (CogAT, CAT) is a K–12 assessment designed to measure students’ learned reasoning abilities in the three areas most linked to academic success in school: Verbal, Quantitative and Nonverbal. Although its primary goal is to assess students’ reasoning abilities, CogAT can also provide predicted achievement scores when administered with the Iowa Tests. The author of the test is David F. Lohman of the University of Iowa.

CogAT is also often used to help educators make student placement decisions, especially when selecting students for Gifted and Talented programs.

Tests

Each level of CogAT offers test batteries in the three aforementioned categories. CogAT can be administered in whole or in part; however, the most complete view of a student will be provided through administration of all three batteries.

See also

• Educational psychology
• School psychology
• Intelligence quotient
• Cognitive test
• Otis-Lennon School Ability Test (OLSAT)
• Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC)
• Stanford Binet
• Cognitive Assessment System (CAS)
• Naglieri Nonverbal Ability Test

Further reading

• Anastasi, Anne; Urbina, Susana (1997). Psychological Testing (Seventh ed.). Upper Saddle River (NJ): Prentice Hall. ISBN 978-0023030857. Lay summary (28 July 2010). 
• Gregory, Robert J. (2011). Psychological Testing: History, Principles, and Applications (Sixth ed.). Boston: Allyn & Bacon. ISBN 978-0-205-78214-7. Lay summary (7 November 2010). 

External links

• Cognitive Abilities Test (CogAT) Form 6
• Cognitive Abilities Test (United Kingdom)
• David F. Lohman Bio
• identifying academically gifted English language learners using nonverbal tests: A comparison of the Raven, NNAT, and CogAT
• A simple procedure for combining ability test scores, achievement test scores, and teacher ratings to identify academically talented children