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NOTIFICATION OF TESTING
Cognitive Abilities Test - Please look for an email from your child's teacher.
Information about abilities testing from FCPS.
Dear Parents and Guardians:
In an effort to obtain additional information about your child, the Cognitive Abilities Test (CogAT) will be administered to your child between October 12, 2021 and October 22, 2021. It is important that your child attend school on these days, if possible. If your child must miss school during this time period and your child does not have another ability test result in their student record, they will have an opportunity to take another ability test later this fall.
The purpose of the CogAT is to provide information about students’ developed abilities in verbal, quantitative, and nonverbal reasoning. The types of tasks included in the test are based on content that children are likely to have experienced in school. However, the way questions are asked and specific test content are not necessarily what children have previously experienced. Children are not expected to know the answers to all questions and will be given opportunities to practice sample items before taking the test. The CogAT is an abilities test, so children are not expected to study or prepare for the test the way they would for an achievement test.
Score reports will be provided to parents once results become available. Typically, these reports are available before winter break. If you have any questions about this test, please contact the Advanced Academics Resource Teacher (AART), Robin McDougal, or school test coordinator, Ashley Fisher, at your child's school.
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