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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We were informed that cogat will be conducted in Oct between 17th and 28th. Is cogat similar to nnat in 1st grade in terms how it is administered? nnat was computer based, is cogat also computer based
Also it appears that there are lot more questions in cogat - [b]I am not sure if kids can do all the questions in couple days.[/b] Any ideas on how it is administered is great appreciated

Thank you[/quote]

If the makers of the test think it's reasonable to expect the kids to do all the questions in a couple of days, then it is. But if your dc cannot, then not only would you find out that your dc was not "gifted" but that they were "learning challenged."  You can be sure that the test makers know what they're doing and are aware of what the abilities of the typical 2nd grader are.

You could ask the teacher if the test is taken on the computer, but it really doesn't matter. 2nd graders know how to use computers and take tests on computers and it is age appropriate, so that's all that matters.[/quote]

Actually, you may want to retract some of your smugness.  One of my kids took the NNAT on the computer when it was just being administered that way.  His teacher later told me that she could tell the way he was taking it that he wasn't very computer literate and she thought it may have affected his performance.  He later got a 140 on the CogAT and a 150 FSIQ.  The first grade teacher said that it appeared evident to her who were the two kids in the class who didn't use computers a lot.  His NNAT score was not great.[/quote]

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