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

University of Iowa

The University of Iowa is a public state-supported research university located in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. It is the oldest public university in the state. The university is organized into eleven colleges granting undergraduate, graduate, and professional degrees...

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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
  Educational psychology
  Educational psychology is the study of how humans learn in educational settings, the effectiveness of educational interventions, the psychology of teaching, and the social psychology of schools as organizations. Educational psychology is concerned with how students learn and develop, often focusing...
  
  
• School psychology
  School psychology
  School psychology is a field that applies principles of clinical psychology and educational psychology to the diagnosis and treatment of children's and adolescents' behavioral and learning problems...
  
  
• Intelligence quotient
  Intelligence quotient
  An intelligence quotient, or IQ, is a score derived from one of several different standardized tests designed to assess intelligence. When modern IQ tests are constructed, the mean score within an age group is set to 100 and the standard deviation to 15...
  
  
• Cognitive test
  Cognitive test
  Cognitive tests are assessments of the cognitive capabilities of humans and animals. Tests administered to humans include various forms of IQ tests; those administered to animals include the mirror test and the T maze test...
  
  
• Otis-Lennon School Ability Test
  Otis-Lennon School Ability Test
  The Otis–Lennon School Ability Test , published by the successor of Harcourt Assessment — Pearson Education, Inc., a subsidiary of Pearson PLC — is a test of abstract thinking and reasoning ability of children pre-K to 18...
  
   (OLSAT)
• Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children
  Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children
  The Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children , developed by Dr. David Wechsler, is an individually administered intelligence test for children between the ages of 6 and 16 inclusive that can be completed without reading or writing...
  
   (WISC)
• Stanford Binet
• Cognitive Assessment System
  Cognitive Assessment System
  The Das-Naglieri Cognitive Assessment System test is a test given to school children to assess their cognitive strengths and weaknesses.- History :...
  
   (CAS)
• Naglieri Nonverbal Ability Test
  NNAT
  The Naglieri Nonverbal Ability Test is a nonverbal measure of general ability. There are three versions of this test. First is the Naglieri Nonverbal Ability Test - Individual Form published in 2004. Two versions were published in 2007 and 2008, respectively...
  
  

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