CogAT Grade 2 study guide
CogAT Grade 2 · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
The CogAT (Cognitive Abilities Test) is a cognitive abilities assessment published by Riverside Insights and used across grades K–12. Rather than measuring what a student has already been taught, it measures reasoning - the abilities behind learning - and is most often used to identify advanced academic potential and to support fair placement in gifted and talented programs. Riverside describes CogAT as the only assessment that measures verbal, quantitative, and nonverbal reasoning together, giving a complete picture of student potential. For Grade 2, the test is delivered in multiple-choice format and samples all three domains: verbal reasoning (word relationships, classification, analogy-style tasks), quantitative reasoning (number patterns, relational thinking, simple problem structures), and nonverbal reasoning (figure patterns, matrices, spatial sequences). Topics on this exam: Verbal reasoning, Quantitative reasoning, and Nonverbal reasoning. The CogAT Grade 2 study guide has 3 sections and about 1,218 words.
01Verbal Reasoning: Picture Analogies, Sentence Completion, and Picture Classification
The CogAT Level 8 Verbal battery, taken in second grade, measures verbal inductive reasoning and vocabulary through pictures and short spoken sentences rather than extended reading. It has three subtests: Picture Analogies, Sentence Completion, and Picture Classification.
427 words, about 2 min02Quantitative Reasoning: Number Analogies, Number Puzzles, and Number Series
The CogAT Level 8 Quantitative battery assesses arithmetic reasoning with whole numbers, generally within 100, using three subtests: Number Analogies, Number Puzzles, and Number Series. It is not a calculation-speed test; each item is designed so that a second grader can find the underlying rule and apply it.
385 words, about 2 min03Nonverbal Reasoning: Figure Matrices, Paper Folding, and Figure Classification
The CogAT Level 8 Nonverbal battery measures reasoning with shapes and spatial patterns and does not require reading or arithmetic. Its three subtests are Figure Matrices, Paper Folding, and Figure Classification.
406 words, about 2 min