COGAT Scores

[Anonymous]

First time Mom here. Not interested AAP services but trying to figure out what the scores mean. What am I looking for?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:First time Mom here. Not interested AAP services but trying to figure out what the scores mean. What am I looking for?

The official report includes information describing the scores.

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Anonymous wrote:If you're at a high-SES school, the in-pool cut-off will probably be high-130s or 140. Middle of the road school, low 130s. Title I school, probably in the 120s.

Which is absurd. If that's the case, then the schools need to provide Cogat prep classes in 2nd grade. SMH

Yeah, but tons of kids who aren’t in-pool still get admitted. The GBRS is probably more important than COGAT scores anyway.

What is GBRS?

Gifted Behaviors Rating Scale. It's a questionnaire completed by your child's teacher (sometimes with the help of others, like the AART, last year's teacher, etc.) that gets included in the final application packet. Parents don't see it.

https://www.fcps.edu/sites/default/files/media/forms/AAPGiftedBehaviorRatingScale_0.pdf

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:First time Mom here. Not interested AAP services but trying to figure out what the scores mean. What am I looking for?

It's scaled like an IQ test. 100 is supposed to be average (although the FCPS average is probably more like 110).

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Anonymous wrote:If you're at a high-SES school, the in-pool cut-off will probably be high-130s or 140. Middle of the road school, low 130s. Title I school, probably in the 120s.

Which is absurd. If that's the case, then the schools need to provide Cogat prep classes in 2nd grade. SMH

Yeah, but tons of kids who aren’t in-pool still get admitted. The GBRS is probably more important than COGAT scores anyway.

What is GBRS?

Gifted Behaviors Rating Scale. It's a questionnaire completed by your child's teacher (sometimes with the help of others, like the AART, last year's teacher, etc.) that gets included in the final application packet. Parents don't see it.

https://www.fcps.edu/sites/default/files/media/forms/AAPGiftedBehaviorRatingScale_0.pdf

You can ask for a copy after they submit it to the central office. I got mine like that.

[Anonymous]

DD got 139 overall - is that good?

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Anonymous wrote:DD got 139 overall - is that good?

Yes. There's a good chance that score is in-pool.

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Anonymous wrote:How important is the non-verbal score?

A strong quant score is the most critical for AAP purposes. Then verbal. Then non-verbal.

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Anonymous wrote:If you're at a high-SES school, the in-pool cut-off will probably be high-130s or 140. Middle of the road school, low 130s. Title I school, probably in the 120s.

Which is absurd. If that's the case, then the schools need to provide Cogat prep classes in 2nd grade. SMH

Yeah, but tons of kids who aren’t in-pool still get admitted. The GBRS is probably more important than COGAT scores anyway.

What is GBRS?

Gifted Behaviors Rating Scale

[Anonymous]

Are COGAT scores available on Schoology?

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Anonymous wrote:Are COGAT scores available on Schoology?

Parentvue

[Anonymous]

My child got Q137 NV127 V132 COMP138. Do you think they will get in?

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Anonymous wrote:My child got Q137 NV127 V132 COMP138. Do you think they will get in?

Depends on the school and the teacher. He/she needs to stand out in comparison to other kids in the class to get a good GBRS, which is critical. If it's a high SES school with a lot of very advanced students, that's harder to do. If you have an introverted kid who doesn't raise their hand much or daydreams/goofs off a lot because they're bored, that also makes it harder. If neither of these apply and you submit a strong application you're probably in pretty good shape. But there are no guarantees. Every year there are threads here about kids with high scores who got rejected.

[Anonymous]

Quantitative 143
Nonverbal 123
Verbal 118
VQN Total 136

mid-high tier SES school.

NNAT was 136 as well...

Borderline scores - testing is pretty darn consistent. Kids a trouble-maker in class though, so not expecting a high GRBS. I was hoping for a clear indication one way or another, but right on the edge. Time to throw the name in the hat and start looking for work samples to apply.

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Anonymous wrote:Quantitative 143
Nonverbal 123
Verbal 118
VQN Total 136

mid-high tier SES school.

NNAT was 136 as well...

Borderline scores - testing is pretty darn consistent. Kids a trouble-maker in class though, so not expecting a high GRBS. I was hoping for a clear indication one way or another, but right on the edge. Time to throw the name in the hat and start looking for work samples to apply.

Get a good writing sample. That will be key to offsetting the low verbal score.