Cogat calibration?

[Anonymous]

I was told that kids need to have a 145 out of 160 in second grade Cogat Q to take Algebra 1 in 6th grade. However, DD got 139 w/o answering any question wrong in her year. Is there a year calibration on Cogat?

[Anonymous]

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was told that kids need to have a 145 out of 160 in second grade Cogat Q to take Algebra 1 in 6th grade. However, DD got 139 w/o answering any question wrong in her year. Is there a year calibration on Cogat?

Is she redshirted? The only way a kid should be able to get a 139 with everything correct is if the kid is overly old for their grade level. CogAT is age normed.

[Anonymous]

Thanks for your reply. I was equally confused. Second grader and 7 years old. Here's the excerpt from the CogAT report. Can anyone help me to understand?

https://imgur.com/a/1WYVksJ

[Anonymous]

That actually isn't true. My child got a 140 on one section of the COGAT with all answers correct in that section and the child has a March birthday.

The child did algebra 1 in 7th grade but is great at math and could have handled it in 6th.

[Anonymous]

This is just one of many reasons no psychologist would ever use the CogAT as an IQ/giftedness test.

[Anonymous]

Is it possible that it is for NNAT? Because NNAT is capped at 160.

[Anonymous]

I still don’t understand the reference to Algebra 1 and the CogAT. You need to be on the Advanced Math track to take the IOWA and the 7th Grade Math SOL in 6th to have the option to take Algebra 1 in 7th grade. It doesn’t have anything to do with the CogAT. You can be in Advanced Math without being in Level IV AAP. So if someone told you that, that’s not the case.

[Anonymous]

Apparently there are some schools that will advanced a child faster in math based on CoGAT scores and SOL scores. It depends on the school and the principal.

[Anonymous]

Some schools let kids take algebra 1 in 6th grade and they use cogat scores to determine that

[Anonymous]

Oh I see. Do they offer it at the elementary school or do they have to go to the middle school to take?

[Anonymous]

Your child is in second grade and you are already convinced they are gifted enough and driven enough that they need to skip three years of math, that the typical path for acceleration definitely won't meet their needs. It is a tragedy they did not score high enough to prove this, an injustice, no, the test must be wrong! I'm sure you will tell us all about how they are pushing for this, the child is just super self motivated and ravenous to do more and more advanced math and you are only trying to support their passion.

140 is a hard cap. The county doesn't budge on it even with teacher recommendations. Your kid does not need to skip three years of math. I promise.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Apparently there are some schools that will advanced a child faster in math based on CoGAT scores and SOL scores. It depends on the school and the principal.

Oh, Brave New World!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Your child is in second grade and you are already convinced they are gifted enough and driven enough that they need to skip three years of math, that the typical path for acceleration definitely won't meet their needs. It is a tragedy they did not score high enough to prove this, an injustice, no, the test must be wrong! I'm sure you will tell us all about how they are pushing for this, the child is just super self motivated and ravenous to do more and more advanced math and you are only trying to support their passion.

140 is a hard cap. The county doesn't budge on it even with teacher recommendations. Your kid does not need to skip three years of math. I promise.

Calm down, bitter-bad-at-math-mom. The question is why is the score so low if no questions were answered incorrectly.

OP, you can always accelerate and enrich at home outside the framework of school. If you have money, you can enroll your kid in AOPS or RSM, and if you don't have the money you can do it on your own with AOPS books like their Beast Academy series. You are the parent. You can teach your child algebra in 5th grade if you so desire. You can even find a better school system where they determine 6th math placement based on actual math ability and aptitude at 6th grade, rather than on a single test taken in 2nd grade. You're fixated on one closed door when there are many open windows all around you.