3rd Grade CogAT Testing Supports
Universal GATE screening for all 3rd grade students

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Important Reminders

  • Testing Window opens Monday, January 11, closing Friday, January 29
  • All 3rd grade students (including those already identified for GATE) will take the CogAT.
  • Extra time is not to be given.
  • Make-Ups are encouraged to be handled at the school site.
  • Test sessions (in ) must be created in advance of administering the assessment.
  • Your username is your SCUSD e-mail address
  • The test must be administered in the following order:
    • Getting Started (optional)
    • Verbal batteries
    • Quantitative batteries
    • Non-Verbal batteries
  • DO NOT ADMINISTER THE ENTIRE TEST IN ONE DAY or ONE SESSION! The test should be given in either 2 or 3 sessions.
  • You must use the 鈥淭esting Computers鈥� used at your site for CAASPP testing.
  • To exit the system, once students are done testing, be sure to select 鈥淓nd testing all.鈥� Then, you must restart the computer to exit the secure browser.
  • NEW STUDENTS 鈥� Students enrolled at your school site after January 8th, must be manually added by Kari in advance of testing. E-mail Kari-hanson-smith@scusd.edu with the student鈥檚 complete name, and the school site.

Technology Updates:

  • Check that SCUSD-CART is the wifi Network being used.
  • Default browser should be set to Safari (on Mac)
  • On PC鈥檚 the default browser should be set to Firefox
  • DO NOT USE Chrome as the default browser
  • The test proctor should use a wired desktop.

During the Test: 

  • The test administrator should have the students take their hands off the computers when they鈥檙e approving all students for the test.
  • The students transition to the 鈥淚ntro鈥� screen and keep their hands off until the 鈥淣ext鈥� button turns blue.
  • Students end the test and return to the draw screen 鈥� The test administrator has them remove their hands from the computers before continuing to the next subsection.
  • Again, the students keep their hands off while it goes through the next 鈥淚ntro鈥� screen, until the 鈥淣ext鈥� button goes blue
  • To exit the secure browser on a Mac press: SHIFT + CONTROL + q

Steps to look up student test progress (see who needs to finish)

Watch the webinar of the Proctor Orientation Session

Practice Activities for Level 9

Student Answer Sheet

Verbal Reasoning Practice Activities

Verbal Reasoning Teacher鈥檚 Guide

Quantitative Reasoning Practice Activities

Quantitative Reasoning Teacher鈥檚 Guide

Non-Verbal Reasoning Practice Activities

Non-Verbal Reasoning Teacher鈥檚 Guide