Anonymous
Post 02/14/2025 17:02     Subject: Extremely low cogat scores

My child score was basicly the lowest you can get 7 and 8 on everything. His grades and iq test from a neurologist don't indicate a learning disability. He is quite intelligent. Every teacher he has had commented on how smart he is and how quickly he catches on to new subjects. However he is diagnosed with ADHD. I wonder if he just didn't do most of it. He does have an IEP and his ability to learn and his grades are discussed often. I will be speaking to his teachers but it doesn't seem like only getting 7 or 8 questions correct out of 100 reflects his ability. I'm his patent so of course I think my child is smart. We all do. Even when it's not true. But when his teachers opinion of his ability and his grades are basicly the opposite of what his score was, which basicly showed he isn't able to do any of it... idk has me curious is all. He's not top of his class or anything but he's solid A and B student.
Anonymous
Post 06/10/2021 16:23     Subject: Extremely low cogat scores

Anonymous wrote:Anyone know what can be done with low scores (5-15%). Does the school provide extra support like summer school to help raise them?


If you want your child to increase focus and sharpen his/her thinking skills, just grab some CogAT prep workbooks or critical thinking activity books as a supplement. When we started going virtual in March 2020, I bought the OLSAT workbooks for DD to try out, as she was starting to lose her focusing skills with the online learning at 1st grade. She found them fun, and also did some sudoku for kids. Then we tried the CogAT books which had more quantitative stuff. It definitely helped her with focus. We didn't know anything about the CogAT testing for all 2nd graders then.