CogAT Levels 13/14 case studies

CogAT Levels 13/14 · Put your knowledge to work in context.

This independent study page provides practice for CogAT Levels 13/14. Its editorial learning areas include Verbal reasoning foundations; Quantitative reasoning foundations; Nonverbal and spatial reasoning foundations. The CogAT Levels 13/14 case studies are 6 cases and about 4,160 words.

Five Analogies, Nine Students: Which Items to Keep, Repair, or Drop

Okafor runs a 40-minute verbal enrichment block for nine third and fourth graders. She gave a five-item analogy quiz and tallied how many of the nine chose each option.

842 words, about 4 min 2

Sentence Completions Where One Item Is Doing the Damage

Delgado tutors seven fifth graders who read fluently but score below grade level on sentence-completion items. He wrote four single-blank items and tallied every response.

757 words, about 4 min 3

Four Minutes, Five Series: Reading a Student's Number-Sense Strategy

Ibarra is reviewing a fifth grader's number-series sheet. Devon finished all five items in under four minutes and wrote an answer for every one without crossing anything out.

682 words, about 3 min 4

Balance Puzzles: Separating 'I Can't Solve It' from 'It Can't Be Solved'

Brennan's small group is working on balance puzzles built from three shapes: a triangle, a square, and a circle. She gives four puzzles and asks each of her six students to write an answer plus one line of justification.

837 words, about 4 min 5

Figure Classification: Separating Constant From Variable Attributes

A nonverbal reasoning group is shown three stem figures, described here in words. Stem 1 is a trapezoid with exactly one pair of parallel sides, a small dot inside its largest angle, and two short hatch marks on one leg.

527 words, about 3 min 6

Paper Folding: Layer Count and Fold-Line Symmetry

A square sheet of paper is 20 cm on each side. It is folded exactly in half by bringing the left edge to the right edge and creasing the vertical midline; then it is folded in half again by bringing the top edge to the bottom edge and creasing the horizontal midline.

515 words, about 3 min