CogAT Verbal case studies

CogAT Verbal · Put your knowledge to work in context.

CogAT (Cognitive Abilities Test) is a K–12 cognitive abilities assessment published by Riverside Insights. According to the publisher, CogAT "is the only assessment that measures verbal, quantitative, and nonverbal reasoning to reveal a complete picture of student potential that can better accelerate growth." It is used by schools for gifted and talented identification, fair and equitable placement, understanding multilingual learners' potential, and informing strengths-based differentiated instruction. The CogAT Verbal case studies are 5 cases and about 4,011 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

Writing Read-Aloud Scripts for Figure Matrices and Paper Folding

Whitfield is preparing read-aloud scripts for four nonverbal practice sets, because one student in his group has a read-aloud accommodation and two others are still learning English. Each script must describe a figure precisely enough that only one answer is possible.

893 words, about 4 min