Transcript Cognitive Abilities Test (CogAT)

Cognitive Abilities
Test (CogAT) and
AIG Identification
Process
Understanding the Student
Profile and its Use for
Educational Planning and
AIG Identification
February 4, 2015
Mills Park Elementary School
Presented by:
Melani Blewett and Dyane Barnett,
AIG Teachers Mills Park ES
Educational Planning
 The
Cognitive Abilities Test (CogAT) is
administered to all third grade students in
WCPSS.
 The CogAT benchmark testing is used for
educational planning.
 Individual student data is accessed by the
Academically or Intellectually Gifted (AIG)
Program and other WCPSS educational
programs.
CogAT Scores
Please refer to the sample CogAT Report
included with the meeting hand-outs.
The CogAT Batteries are:
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Verbal – measure of verbal reasoning skills
Quantitative– measure of math reasoning skills
Nonverbal – measure of visual-spatial reasoning
CogAT Composite Scores
 The
Quantitative-Nonverbal Partial
Composite score (QN Partial Composite)
indicates cognitive reasoning resources
for nonverbal learning.
 The Composite score indicates the overall
strength of the student’s cognitive
resources for learning.
National Age Scores
 Stanine
– a type of normalized standard
score scale ranging from 1 to 9 with 5 being
the mean (average).
 Percentile – indicates the percent of
students in the representative age group
who obtained lower raw scores on the test.
Graphs and Profiles
A
bar graph of the student’s scores appears on
the score report as a visual representation of the
student’s percentile score.
 Your student’s individual profile code is listed
after the subtitle “Ability Profile”.
 Additional information regarding your child’s
profile can be found at: www.cogat.com by
keying in the profile code of your student.
Profile Codes
 The
profile code contains a number and a
letter, for example, 8E (V-N+) or 7B (V+).
 The number represents the median stanine
and the letter indicates the type of score
pattern.
 The letter score patterns are: A, B, C or E.
Percentile and Stanine Descriptions
Description
Very High
Above Average
Percentile
96-99
89-95
Stanine
9
8
Above Average
Average
Average
77-88
60-76
41-59
7
6
5
Average
Below Average
Below Average
Very Low
24-40
12-23
5-11
1-4
4
3
2
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Student Profiles
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A Profile – all subtest scores are roughly the sAme
B Profile – one subtest score is either aBove or
Below the other two subtest scores
C Profile – two subtest scores Contrast indicating a
relative strength and a relative weakness
E Profile – the difference between the high and low
subtest scores is Extreme
Raw Scores
 Number
of Items = the number of questions
on the subtests.
 Number Att. (attempted) = the number of
questions the student answered.
 Number Correct = the total number of items
the student answered correctly.
National Grade Scores
 The
grade scores compare the student to
other students at the same grade level
nationally.
 Grade scores are NOT used for identification
since students in a given grade may vary
greatly in terms of their age.
The Next Step……..
 Students
with an age-based Composite or
subtest battery score at or above the 85th
percentile (85%) were eligible to take the Iowa
Assessments (Iowa).
 Parents received a permission form that was
signed and returned to the school before the
student took the Iowa.
AIG Identification
The CogAT and Iowa scores are reviewed.
 Additional factors (Informal Indicators) are
considered in determining AIG eligibility. These
factors include student interest, motivation,
classroom performance, third grade Explorers’
work samples, parent and teacher checklists,
etc.
 The overall profile of the student is considered in
the overall identification process.
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Formal Indicators
Norm Referenced Assessments
 Aptitude test scores
 Cognitive Abilities Test (CogAT)
 Individual tests administered as necessary
 Achievement test scores
 Iowa Assessments (IA)
 Individual tests administered as necessary
AIG identification criteria is >95% in both aptitude and/or
achievement using one of our 5 Gateway Identification Measures.
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Informal Indicators
 Learning
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Parent and teacher checklists
 Student
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Motivation
Parent and teacher checklists
 Other
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Interest
Parent and teacher checklists
 Student
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Performance
Parent and teacher checklists
Current academic grades in ELA and Math
Current portfolio work samples in ELA and Math
 Student
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Behaviors
Informal Indicators
GRS, Anecdotal Records, Projects, Awards, EOG Scores
Additional Steps in the AG Identification
Process
(This is where we are now.)
 School
Based Committee for Gifted
Education (SBCGE) meets to nominate and
refer students.
 Parents sign and return the Consent For
Evaluation.
 Formal and Informal data are compiled.
 SBCGE makes final recommendations for
reading and/or math identification.
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AIG School Based Committee
for Gifted Education (SBCGE)
• Provides a team framework for evaluating data
and recommending the most appropriate service
for individual students who demonstrate a need
for differentiation
• Includes administrator, AIG teacher, and staff
members representative of core content areas
and/or grade levels at each school.
• Makes recommendations regarding: AIG referral,
AIG identification, AIG services, and any issues
involving identified AIG students.
Gateway
#1
Gateway
#2
Gateway
#3
Gateway
#4
Gateway
#5
Students scoring > 95% on
both a qualifying CogAT
score AND Iowa total reading
and/or total math score are
identified in the area(s) in
which the scores align
GATEWAY Identification
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Measures
Students scoring >95% on
qualifying CogAT score AND
<95% on Iowa reading
and/or math
The WJ III is administered in
reading and/or math. The
achievement areas
administered are determined
by the qualifying CogAT
score.
Students scoring > 95% on the
WJ III paired with a qualifyinq
CogAT score are identified in
the area(s) in which the
scores align
Students scoring scoring >95%
on Iowa reading and/or math
and <95% on a qualifying
CogAT score
Either the Reynolds
Intellectual Screening Test
(RIST) OR the Raven Standard
Progressive Matrices is
administered.
Students scoring > 95% on the
individual aptitude (RIST or
Raven) paired with the Iowa
reading and/or math are
identified in the area(s) in
which the scores align
> 98% on Iowa reading
and/or math
> 98% on EOG/EOC scores in
reading and/or math from
the current or the previous
school year which align with
qualifying Iowa score
Students are identified in the
area(s) in which the scores
align
Students scoring >95% on a
qualifying CogAT
> 95% on EOG/EOC scores in
reading and/or math from
the current or the previous
school year which align with
qualifying CogAT score
Students scoring > 95% on the
Iowa Assessments in reading
and /or math
> 95% on EOG/EOC scores in
reading and/or math from
the current or the previous
school year which align with
qualifying Iowa score
Student’s portfolio data
demonstrates consistent
performance 1-2 grade levels
above the student’s current
grade
Referral made by the SBCGE
for an individual
psychological evaluation. This
evaluation may include
individual aptitude and/ or
achievement assessments.
> 98% on CogAT Composite
or Partial Composite are
identified in reading and
math
A GRS with scores >88% in
three of the five scales.
Students are idenified in the
area(s) in which the scores
align
A GRS with scores >88% in
three of the five scales.
Students are idenified in the
area(s) in which the scores
align
For specific identification
criteria for Gateway #5, see
AIG Identification Table
AIG Identification Process
continued….
 SBCGE
recommendations from schools are
reviewed in May by the AIG Program Central
Services Committee.
 Parents are informed of the final AIG
recommendations by the end of the 2nd
semester.
 AIG service begins at the beginning of the 4th
grade year after parents sign and return the
Initial Consent for Service.
AIG Program and Testing
Information
 AIG
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Teachers, Mills Park Elementary:
Melani Blewett - [email protected]
Dyane Barnett – [email protected]
 Mills
Park AIG website:
www.aigmillsparkes.weebly.com
 AIG
Parent Guide
 AIG Program Website:
http://www.wcpss.net/curriculum-instruction/ag/
 AIG Program Office: Crossroads 1
5625 Dillard Drive, Cary, 431-7657